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Part 2: Dead Man's Island and the North Centre Bastion, Western Heights, Dover, Kent, UK The second of three videos of the North Centre Bastion and its associated Detached Bastion (aka, "The Smokey", "Dead Man's Island") which form part of the Napoleonic and Victorian defences embedded into the Western Heights above the town of Dover, Kent, UK.
Part 2 consists of:
Arriving on the surface of the island; a panned view from on top of the Main Magazine identifying a number of features; the interior rooms of the Main Magazine; the steps leading down to the eastern gallery ('tunn ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Dead Man's Island and the North Centre Bastion, Western Heights, Dover, Kent, UKThe first of three videos of the North Centre Bastion and its associated Detached Bastion (aka, "The Smokey", "Dead Man's Island") which form part of the Napoleonic and Victorian defences embedded into the Western Heights above the town of Dover, Kent, UK.
Part 1 consists of: External scenes of the Caponier (a huge two-storey chamber projecting into the moat system) and the north face of the Detached Bastion. Internal (ie underground) scenes of: the Caponnier from both floors; the Magazin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Moats of Dead Man's Island in Winter, Western Heights, Dover, UKSlideshow: A walk around the snow-covered floor of the moats connecting the North Centre Bastion, Detached Bastion ("Dead Man's Island"), and North Entrance of the Napoleonic and Victorian defence system embedded into the Western Heights above the town of Dover, Kent, UK. The photos were taken on Thursday, February 11th, 2010, and the only footsteps you see are mine :)
Click to see other still photos of the North Entrance and the North Centre Bastion
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The Western Heights fort ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Part 2: The Napoleonic and Victorian North Entrance, Western Heights, Dover, Kent, UKThe 'North Entrance' to Dover's Napoleonic defences embedded into the Western Heights consists of two bridge/drawbridge combinations and a 60-yard long Road Tunnel. Only the 'ribs' of the bridges are left and the tunnel, whose surface is made from wooden blocks to prevent sparks, is blocked at both ends. This video was originally posted on YouTube in two parts: North Entrance (Part 1); North Entrance (Part 2)
This video podcast of Part 2 has an opening scene of the Second ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Part 1: The Napoleonic and Victorian North Entrance, Western Heights, Dover, Kent, UKThe 'North Entrance' to Dover's Napoleonic defences embedded into the Western Heights consists of two bridge/drawbridge combinations and a 60-yard long road tunnel. Only the 'ribs' of the bridges are left and the tunnel, whose surface is made from wooden blocks to prevent sparks, is blocked at both ends. This video was originally posted on YouTube in two parts: North Entrance (Part 1); North Entrance (Part 2) This is a podcast of Part 1 which has opening scenes of Dover Castle a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Cowgate Cemetery Nature Reserve, Western Heights, Dover, Kent, UKAbridged extracts from the plaque just inside the main (northern) entrance of the Victorian Cowgate Cemetery:
Dover's Cowgate Cemetery is named after the medieval gate which allowed townspeople to graze their animals on the lower slopes of the Western Heights.
The land, over two acres in extent, was donated by William Mowll and consecrated in 1835 by the Archbishop of Canterbury as an extension to the Parish churchyard.
The layout of the cemetery is attributed to Stephen Geary, the archite ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |
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