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Offline MartinR

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5898 on: January 03, 2022, 10:03:19 PM »
Very close to a motorway?  Near water?
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Offline stuartwaters

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5897 on: January 03, 2022, 08:37:53 PM »
Thanks John. Try this one - where is this?
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5896 on: January 03, 2022, 08:06:20 PM »
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=51.41292&lon=0.56302&layers=6&b=1
Instead of the usual location information, follow the link above.  Use the slider bottom right to switch between today's aerial view and the original map.  If you look carefully you can see crop markings along the routes of some of the tramways and vestigial remains of trackways as footpaths.
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Offline johnfilmer

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5895 on: January 03, 2022, 07:52:36 PM »
It is Hoo, I believe now the marina, caravan park and “port”. Well done Stuart.


Your description of the forts is correct, and if I had been built in 1669 I think I would be sliding into the Medway! The two forts were built in response to the Dutch raid up the Medway.


Over to you.
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Offline stuartwaters

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5894 on: January 03, 2022, 07:03:11 PM »
I found one, so here goes. The 1669 structure is Cockham Wood Fort, the remains of which are slowly falling into the Medway between Hoo and Upnor.


The other Fort was Fort Gillingham, a tower like structure which stood at the northern end of the Chatham Lines. Fort Amherst stands at the other end. Fort Gillingham was blown up and the northern end of the Chatham Lines demolished to make way for the construction of the locks and No3 Basin when the Chatham Royal Dockyard was extended between 1868 and 1878.


Both forts were built in response to the Dutch Raid on the Medway in June of 1667.


So, the map shows brickworks on the northern bank of the River Medway between Lower Upnor and Hoo.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5893 on: January 03, 2022, 06:29:13 PM »
Quote from: stuartwaters on January 03, 2022, 05:18:37 PM
I know where this is, but haven't got a pic ready to upload in it's place. The 1669 structure to which you refer was one of a pair of such buildings, but the other one was totally different in appearance and has long since been demolished. It was demolished in spectacular fashion.
Same here; no pics. Need to find something online as I ran out of personal pics a while ago.
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Offline stuartwaters

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5892 on: January 03, 2022, 05:18:37 PM »
I know where this is, but haven't got a pic ready to upload in it's place. The 1669 structure to which you refer was one of a pair of such buildings, but the other one was totally different in appearance and has long since been demolished. It was demolished in spectacular fashion.
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Offline johnfilmer

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5891 on: January 03, 2022, 05:03:30 PM »
It is indeed on the north bank of the Medway  :)


And... why build something in 1669 substantial enough to still have present day ruins?
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Offline stuartwaters

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5890 on: January 03, 2022, 04:11:37 PM »
On the River Medway?
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Offline Dave Smith

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5889 on: January 03, 2022, 03:36:03 PM »
No idea really but as Sittingbourne  had so many brickworks & bricks in their millions were transported by barge to London- Grandarog must know?
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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5888 on: January 03, 2022, 02:30:13 PM »
I'm surprised it hasn't been guessed yet.  As JohnFilmer stated - plenty of clues that helped me find it quite quickly.   


I'll still hold back for now as I've put quite a few up recently.
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Offline johnfilmer

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5887 on: January 03, 2022, 10:46:47 AM »
Very slow, all still recovering?


Clue. Just out of view is a ruin originally built in 1669.
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Offline Lutonman

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5886 on: January 02, 2022, 03:17:32 PM »
Quote from: johnfilmer on December 31, 2021, 06:53:40 PM
Lutonman - all that did was generate a menu, nothing to do with screenshots at all. Most strange if that works for you.


It gives you the option to select part of the screen to save, using your cursor. I'll do some screen shots on another topic page
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Offline johnfilmer

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5885 on: January 02, 2022, 10:20:01 AM »
Too Far East, DTT
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Offline DaveTheTrain

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5884 on: January 02, 2022, 09:35:20 AM »
Is it Harty Ferry on the Isle of Sheppey?
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