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THE OUTER BASTION, DOVER

The Citadel was designed to act as a last defence should the remainder of the Western Heights defences fall to enemy attack.  Its designs consists of three redans to its western side, and a single redan to the eastern flank.  There are traces of gun positions around the Citadel as well as magazines and barracks.

The Outer Bastion lies north of the Citadel and is a rectangular feature made from two self-contained areas, both surrounded by ditches.  There are interconnecting tunnels through which defenders could move from one part of the Bastion to another without using the outside ditch.

Location: Dover

Condition: Good

Date Of Visit: 06/03/05

Plan: No

Fortifications In This Area:

The Citadel, The Well House, Western Outworks, South Flank Casemates, North Flank Casemates, Archcliffe Cells, Archcliffe Galleries, Dover Breakwater, Detached Bastion, North Entrance

The Outer bastion at the Citadel.

THE OUTER BASTION, DOVER

An interconnecting tunnel that runs below the ditch. A recess for a lantern is in the wall to the right.

The musket gallery.

Through the passageway under the ditch; these stairs then lead up to the main magazines.

A few of the Bastion from coast side.Nature at work; the lime in the mortar has been slowly dissolved over the years and has formed these stalactites and stalagmites in this part of the Bastion.

Magazines lead off from this passageway.

Inside the main flank casemate.

This spiral staircase would have lead out to the Citadel. It has been deliberately backfilled.

Entrance to the inner NW Bastion Casemates, now sealed.