Site of Barton's Point Battery (Sheerness)

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Barton's Point Battery was built at the eastern end of the Queenborough Lines between 1889 and 1891 as part of the fixed coast defences protecting the entrance to the River Medway, along which the naval dockyards of Sheerness and Chatham were situated. A battery for RML guns was in existence at Barton’s Point in 1871 to defend the land approach to Garrison Point Fort and Sheerness. The battery was built on the sea front next to the military canal which runs from Barton’s Point to the Medway north of Queenborough. Initially a fort was proposed for each end, but only Barton’s Point Battery was built. In 1889 a new battery was added and two 9.2-inch and two 6-inch BL guns on disappearing carriages were installed. The guns were removed in 1926 and the Navy finally left in 1960. The site is now in poor condition and is used for holiday chalets.