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The Royal Military Canal is a defensive earthwork constructed between 1804 and 1807 during the Napoleonic Wars as a precaution against potential French invasion. The section between Ham Street Bridge and Bilsington Bridge in Kent represents part of this strategically important waterway, which extends across the Romney Marsh and Walland Marsh areas. The canal functioned as both a physical barrier and a means of rapid military communication and transport, with the ability to be flooded in emergency to create an additional obstacle to invading forces. The surviving stretch exemplifies the engineering response of the Regency period to continental military threat and remains an important landscape feature of the Kent marshlands.
Royal Military Canal, Ham Street Bridge to Bilsington Bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005127. View the official record →
The Royal Military Canal is a defensive earthwork constructed between 1804 and 1807 during the Napoleonic Wars as a precaution against potential French invasion. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005127.
Royal Military Canal, Ham Street Bridge to Bilsington Bridge 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 1005127.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Royal Military Canal, Warehorne Bridge to Ham Street Bridge (2.6 km), Royal Military Canal, Kenardington Bridge to Warehorne Bridge (4 km), Medieval farmstead at Pilchers, 340m north east of Codhall (4.6 km).
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