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Offline John Walker

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5903 on: January 04, 2022, 11:31:04 AM »
Monkton ?   There used to be one beside St Mary Magdalene Church that I passed on my way to work.  However, It seems to have gone now as I can't see it on GSV.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5902 on: January 04, 2022, 10:15:35 AM »
My turn to keep quiet  :)


I found it by sheer luck. On GSV the steps are laid down, very sensible as rodents love an easy climb.
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Offline stuartwaters

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5901 on: January 04, 2022, 09:06:34 AM »
Probably is a granary. Near a major trunk road. East Kent. Virtually next door to a church.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5900 on: January 04, 2022, 07:09:29 AM »
Don't know wherebut tis a Granary on Staddle Stones.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #5899 on: January 03, 2022, 11:01:03 PM »
Quick guess - Kent Rural Life Museum, Maidstone ?
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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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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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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.


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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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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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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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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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