Fort Clarence, Rochester
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Fort Clarence, Rochester
Image: © David Kemp Taken: 22 Mar 2019
Fort Clarence was built in 1812 as a defence against a possible Napoleonic attack from the nearby River Medway below. 'The Buildings of England - West Kent & The Weald' describes it as a "massive stock-brick tower with round angle turrets, and immense, stylised machicoulis [= an opening between the corbels of a projecting parapet or in the floor of a gallery or roof of a portal for discharging missiles upon assailants below of stone over the gateway] to the N". The latter can be seen in this view of the north elevation of the building, now apparently converted into flats.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.381623
Longitude
0.497405