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Royal Military Canal, Cliff End to Coastguard Cottages, is a defensive fortification constructed during the Napoleonic Wars in the early nineteenth century. The canal forms part of the broader Royal Military Canal system, which extends across Romney Marsh and the surrounding lowlands of Kent and Sussex as a response to the threat of French invasion between 1804 and 1815. This section of the canal, running between Cliff End and Coastguard Cottages, comprises an earthen ditch with associated embankments designed to obstruct potential amphibious assault and artillery movement. The monument survives today as a substantial linear earthwork that represents the strategic military engineering undertaken along the vulnerable southern coast during the Napoleonic period.
Royal Military Canal, Cliff End to Coastguard Cottages is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005569. View the official record →
Royal Military Canal, Cliff End to Coastguard Cottages, is a defensive fortification constructed during the Napoleonic Wars in the early nineteenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005569.
Royal Military Canal, Cliff End to Coastguard Cottages is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1005569.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Royal Military Canal, Coastguard Cottages to Wickham Cliff (1.3 km), New Gate, Winchelsea (3 km), Town ditch N of New Gate, Winchelsea (3.1 km).
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