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Royal Military Canal, Gigger's Green Bridge to Honeypot Cottage is a section of the Royal Military Canal, a defensive waterway constructed in Kent during the Napoleonic Wars. Built between 1804 and 1809, the canal was engineered as a linear fortification intended to impede French invasion across the Romney Marsh and surrounding lowlands. This particular stretch extends from Gigger's Green Bridge through the Kent countryside to Honeypot Cottage, retaining its original earthwork characteristics as a substantial ditch with accompanying banks. The canal represents an important example of early nineteenth-century military engineering and remains substantially intact as a scheduled ancient monument, preserving evidence of the strategic defensive concerns of the Napoleonic period.
Royal Military Canal, Gigger's Green Bridge to Honeypot Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005130. View the official record →
Royal Military Canal, Gigger's Green Bridge to Honeypot Cottage is a section of the Royal Military Canal, a defensive waterway constructed in Kent during the Napoleonic Wars. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005130.
Royal Military Canal, Gigger's Green Bridge to Honeypot Cottage 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 1005130.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Eastbridge Church (2.2 km), World War II underground operational post, 1/3 mile (540m) SW of Chapel Farm (2.8 km), Moat and associated closes at Marshall's Bridge (4.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Royal Military Canal, Gigger's Green Bridge to Honeypot Cottage's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Royal Military Canal, Gigger's Green Bridge to Honeypot Cottage stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is sandstone and siltstone, interbedded.