The Amherst Heritage Centre is in the process of creating a collection of new booklets about Fort Amherst, the Napoleonic period and the second World War.
If you are interested in purchasing any of the titles below, please call us on 0870 777 7615
Fort Amherst, Chatham Kent. Heritage Park & Caverns
K.R. Gulvin MA DMS
Booklet length: 30 pages, colour print
Introduction, Historic Overview, Suggested Itinerary, Cave Yard, Haxo Casemates, Upper Barrier Guard House, Civil Defence Museum, Lower Cornwallis Battery, The Tunnels, Interpretation Centre, Medway Group Control, Garrison Well, Ventilation Shaft,
Lightening and Ventilation Tunnel, Main Stairway, Ammunition Shaft, Musket Gallery, Privy, Upper Sally Port, Lower Gun Floor, Upper Gun Floor, Upper Barrier Battery, Main Magazine, Belverdere Battery, Guardhouse, Upper Cornwallis Battery
Status: 63 In Stock
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Chatham's Concrete Ring - The Story of Medway's Land Forts
K.R. Gulvin MA DMS
Booklet length: 34 pages, black & white print
The Royal Commission of 1860 and 1869 and Chatham
Fort Borstal, Fort Bridgewoods, Fort Horsted, Fort Luton, Fort Darland
The Twydall Redoubts (Grange and Woodlands)
Hoo and Darnet Forts
The Inter-Fort Light Railway
The 1907 Siege Operations
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Medway Island Forts
R. Crowdy
Booklet length: 16 pages, black & white print
The twin forts of Darnet and Hoo, seen fron the riverside, have been familiar landmarks to generations of Medway's townsmen and sailors. This booklet describes the forts and their history whilst assessing whether they would have been able to fufill the aspirations of their designers.
Status: 9 in Stock
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Fort Amherst - a Brief History and Guide
K.R. Gulvin MA DMS
Booklet length: 34 pages, black & white print
Introduction, A Brief History, Cave Yard and Lower Cornwallis Battery, Tunnels and Underground Works, Upper Cornwalllis Battery, Belvedere Battery, Amherst Redoubt, Prince William's Bastion, Spur Battery, Prince of Wales Bastion and the Hornwork, Other Surviving Parts of the Great Lines, The Future of Fort Amherst, The Fort Amherst and Lines Trust
Status: SOLD OUT
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Secret Medway - The Fort Amherst Tunnels during WWII
K.R. Gulvin MA DMS
Booklet length: 13 pages, black & white print
Introduction, Medway Group control, Area of Responsibility, Location, Construction, Working cobditions in the MGC, Staffing, Communications, Operations, Wartime Use of Tunnels Map, Military Headquarters, Military Strength.
Status: 9 in Stock |
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The Napoleonic Defences of Rochester & Chatham
K.R. Gulvin MA DMS
Booklet length: 31 pages, black & white print
Introduction, Fort Amherst, Fort Pitt, Fort Clarence,The Chatham Lines and the Defendable Guard Houses.
Status: 3 in Stock |
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