Dymchurch Redoubt

Dymchurch Grand Redoubt is a fortification at Palmarsh on the coast of Kent in England, built during the Napoleonic War as part of a large defensive scheme to protect the country from an expected French invasion.

Built on two stories, the upper floor had open emplacements for ten 24 pounder guns mounted on wooden traversing platforms.

The lower floor featured twenty-four vaulted barrack and storage casemates that opened onto a circular parade ground.

[3] It was built between 1804 and 1812 to support a chain of 21 Martello Towers that stretched between Hythe in Kent and Rye in Sussex, and to act as a supply depot for them.

[6] A prominent battery observation post was built and pillboxes were sited on the parapet in order to repel an infantry attack.