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The Royal Military Canal is an early nineteenth-century defensive waterway constructed during the Napoleonic Wars to protect the Romney Marsh and surrounding coastal areas from potential French invasion. The section between Warehorne Bridge and Ham Street Bridge represents part of this strategically important fortification, which was begun in 1804 and largely completed by 1809. The canal itself served a dual purpose as both a military obstacle and a means of water transport, with its straight alignment and substantial earthwork banks designed to obstruct the passage of invading forces across the flat terrain of the Marsh. This stretch remains an important survival of early nineteenth-century military engineering and continues to form a significant landscape feature in Kent.
Royal Military Canal, Warehorne Bridge to Ham Street Bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005126. View the official record →
The Royal Military Canal is an early nineteenth-century defensive waterway constructed during the Napoleonic Wars to protect the Romney Marsh and surrounding coastal areas from potential French invasion. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005126.
Royal Military Canal, Warehorne Bridge to Ham Street 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 1005126.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Royal Military Canal, Kenardington Bridge to Warehorne Bridge (1.4 km), Royal Military Canal, Ham Street Bridge to Bilsington Bridge (2.6 km), Part of the Rhee Wall, a medieval canal, at Snargate (3.2 km).
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