bastion

It struck me the other day, I don't think I've ever posted any or my photos from here. It's one of those places I've visited so much I just take it for granted and don't really pay much attention to it. It's the place I always go to experiment with stuff because it's so accessible. The detached...

The forth and final splore on a great day out in Kent Those in attendance were Skeleton Key, UrbanX, Trog & Mrs Trog, Wevsky, Space Invader and Urban Ginger The History Bit The North Centre and Detached Bastions are located between the Drop Redoubt and the Citadel on the Western Heights...

The North Centre and Detached Bastions are located between the Drop Redoubt and the Citadel on the Western Heights. Their purpose was to assist in defending the northern approaches to Dover, particularly from the Folkestone Road, along which it was envisaged Napoleon and the French Grand Army...

Ah good old detached bastion, the best known walk in explore in Dover often overlooked because of how easy it is, and also how likely you are to run into local kids wrecking the place (not that there's much left to wreck.) We ended up here Sunday as certain visitors from up the M1 hadn't seen...

After a little technical hitch on plan a :sad2: we decided what a better way to celebrate my 21st bday than a trip to the castle, a big :thumb to obscurity and fortknoxo for being t tour guides ... visited with obscurity ,fortknoxo and wevsky ... a little history... Hudson's Bastion...

Brief bit of borrowed history Built in response to the threat of invasion by Napoleon, Hudson’s bastion was constructed on the eastern side of Dover Castle to improve its defences. It is linked to the castle via Hudson’s Passage. The bastion was designed to provide flanking fire from its...

Took a nice trip out a while back to Dover. After walking round the moat for quite a while we were in! :mrgreen: This has been done a few times, but here's a brief history stolen from undergroundkent.co.uk: The North Centre and Detached Bastions are located between the Drop Redoubt and the...

........oi oi, just some Light Painting picz from the Westen Heights, enjoy :Devil: thankz for looking, enjoy :Devil:

During the Napoleonic era fortifications were added to Dover Castle to improve defenses. Located in the east moat overlooking the harbor is East Demi Bastion. The Bastion consists of a gun battery and a lower level looking out to sea from the face of the cliff. A network of staircases and...

Hudson’s bastion was constructed on the eastern side of Dover castle to improve defences after the threat of invasion by Napoleon. It can be accessed from the castle via Hudson’s passage, a straight tunnel linking the castle to the moat. The bastion was designed with a number of firing slits...

Great trip, not something I've seen before, was always nice to catch up with Fluff, Zombie, Maniac, Jesus and Scrimshady. Also met Mooch and his friend. Nice place, but enough with the words, herez the picz After this we had to make a quick exit due to a change in the lighting at the...

The centre Bastion explored with solar p and brad g 3 towers located rite on the beach front between the two towers and sited at the same level as the left hand gun tower was a third tower. This was the battery command post which was square in shape with a domestic-style hipped roof and chimney...

Visited with Oldie, LittleOldie, Impact, Ryda and Strategy. Sorry about the picture size, for some reason my computer converts everything to .png without asking me :evil: Not seen this before so its good to go somewhere new, however this place is particularly frustrating, as the doorway that...