Copyright © undergroundkent.co.uk 2002-2012

GRAIN DUMMY BATTERY

This battery was constructed as a supporting structure for Grain Fort, and was originally known as Grain Battery. However, considerable difficulties were encountered during construction due to subsidence, which led to cracking of the magazine walls. It was decided to finish the battery in temporary form only, and the original design for fourteen armoured shields was scrapped. By 1905 the battery had been rebuilt, with many gun emplacements removed, and improvements made to the two positions that can be seen today. The battery was surrounded by a ditch, which soon became flooded. There is no evidence for this battery being in use in either the First or Second World Wars

Location: Isle of Grain, Kent

Condition:

Date Of Visit: 2/06/03

Plan: No

Video: No

Report: No

Other Sites in the Area:

Grain Fort, Grain Tower Battery, Cliffe Fort, Shornemead Fort, Grain Dummy Battery

Fort location.

GRAIN DUMMY BATTERY, ISLE OF GRAIN

The dummy battery from the southern side.

View of the front of the battery, with the flooded ditch.

Number Two, gun emplacement.

One of the shell stores under number two gun.

The front of the magazine.

Inside the shell store.