grain tower

1. The History The Grain Tower is located to the east off the coast of the village of Grain, Kent, standing in the mouth of the River Medway. It was built in the mid-19th century during a period of tension and perceived French naval threat in order to protect the important dockyards at Sheerness...

This was my first exploration of an abandoned site, i was super excited. Went with a friend from my school art class as we wanted to get photos for our upcoming projects. I remember it being extremely muddy on the banks of the Medway trekking up to this place, but the rewards were outstanding. I...

Grain Tower Fort You may already know this but... Grain Tower is a mid-19th-century gun tower situated offshore just east of Grain, Kent, standing in the mouth of the River Medway. It was built along the same lines as the Martello towers that were constructed along the British and Irish...

I know this place has been done to buggery and back, but here's my take on it. Slightly different from the norm. Potted History: Grain Tower Battery is a sea fort out in the confluence of the estuaries of the River Medway and the River Thames, almost out in open seas. It was built between 1848...

The History Grain Tower Battery (aka Number 1 The Thames) was constructed between 1848 and 1855. It stands at the mouth of the River Medway with Southend visible on the other side of the estuary. Construction is in the style of a Martello Tower with more modern additions made during WW1...

This is a place I have wanted to see for a while, and took my time to get here. We had tried it in may in the previous year, but the spring tides were not kind that day. We had timed the tide right but was such a windy day the water never receded enough. Fast forward the next year and we went on...

So, I have been doing a bit of exploring for many years, going back to about 1997. But have never really shared any of it, so thought I'd start. Summer last year (2019) I decided to visit the Isle of Grain in Kent having heard about Grain Fort, which was built in the 1860's to protect the River...

History: Grain Tower stands about 500 metres offshore at the eastern tip of the Isle of Grain, where the mouth of the Medway meets the Thames. It was constructed on the tidal sandbank of Grain Spit and is reached by a causeway running in an east-west direction from the shoreline. Its location...

Another one from January I didn't get around to posting. Another one that's been done a lot too, but I've wanted to visit this one for a long time, but never been in the area at the right time for the tides to allow a safe visit. Not long after my birthday I was visiting friends who agreed to...

Obviously done before so I won't go into too much detail on this one. Quite an interesting explore considering it is about to be demolished in 2 weeks time from the day I posted this thread. Really gave us the motivation to thoroughly explore this place and look in every dark corner and behind...

Grain Tower is a mid-19th-century gun tower situated offshore just east of Grain, Kent, Rapid improvements to artillery technology in the mid-19th century meant that the tower was effectively obsolete as soon as it had been completed. A proposal to turn it into a casemated fort was dropped for...

History Grain Tower is a mid-19th-century gun tower situated offshore just east of Grain, Kent, standing in the mouth of the River Medway. It was built along the same lines as the Martello Towers that were constructed along the British and Irish coastlines in the early 19th century and is the...

Site: Grain Tower Battery, Kent | Status: Vacant | Information: Present: October 2014 - AJ, Layla, Matt & Urban Fox The sale of the property for a sum in the region of £400,000 prompted a 300 mile journey south in the pouring rain of late October. We arrived to low tide, overcast sky...

A bit of history first: Grain Tower battery off the Isle of Grain in Kent, was built around 1855 as a Martello Tower type structure in the Thames Estuary close to the mouth of the River Medway. It’s original purpose was to serve as a key military installation, protecting Chatham and...

Again visited with Obscurity and Storm..2nd part of our medway trip and apart frm the tide coming in really fast trying to cut us off from both sides and the causeway having parts missing with rather deep pools mening i had to do stepping stones over them it was another relaxed explore.. History...