Fort Amherst was started in 1756 at the Southern end of the Brompton lines protecting Chatham Dockyard, Chatham, Kent, with the last works about 1820, the lower part is now opened to the public by the Fort Amherst and Lines Trust. The upper part of the site is still closed off. Chatham Dockyard, located on the River Medway in Kent, England, came into existence at the time when, following the Reformation, relations with the Catholic countries of Europe had worsened, and thus requiring added defences. ... Location within the British Isles Chatham is an English town that developed around an important naval dockyard on the east bank of the River Medway in the county of Kent. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ...
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FortAmherst was built in the 1770s on the southern side of the entrance to St. John's Harbour, primarily to give those involved in the fishery and its related trade a safe harbour in which to seek refuge in case of enemy attack.
FortAmherst was restored somewhat in preparation for both World Wars with a defence battery (1914) and a clearing to the west of the fort which became the site of a barracks (1939) built to house ninety men and two officers of the Canadian Forces.
FortAmherst suffered more damage from Nature than from war; storms and salt water damage ruined the original stone lighthouse and the old fort, and a new lighthouse was built in 1954.
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