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Royal Military Canal, Iden Lock is a navigable waterway structure constructed during the Napoleonic Wars as part of Britain's coastal defence infrastructure. Built in the early nineteenth century, the canal was designed to facilitate military movement and supply along the Kent and Sussex coast whilst also serving as a defensive barrier against potential invasion. Iden Lock, located on the canal in Sussex, comprises a lock structure that regulated water levels and passage along the waterway. The canal and its associated locks represent significant examples of early industrial military engineering and remain important historical witnesses to the period of heightened invasion anxiety during the Napoleonic conflict.
Royal Military Canal, Iden Lock is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003259. View the official record →
Royal Military Canal, Iden Lock is a navigable waterway structure constructed during the Napoleonic Wars as part of Britain's coastal defence infrastructure. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003259.
Royal Military Canal, Iden Lock 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 1003259.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Artillery castle and associated earthworks at Camber (6.1 km), Wooden Wreck on Camber Sands (7 km), Ferry Gate, Winchelsea (7.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Royal Military Canal, Iden Lock'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, Iden Lock stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is sandstone and siltstone, interbedded.