| Name: | East Tilbury - Coalhouse Fort |
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| SMR Number: | 1756 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TQ 569 176 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ51NE |
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| Parish: | East Tilbury, THURROCK, ESSEX |
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| THURROCK, ESSEX |
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Summary
1539-Henry VIII ordered a blockhouse to be erected at East Tilbury.
Full description
1539-Henry VIII ordered a blockhouse to be erected at East Tilbury. <1> <2> "The earliest blockhouse of 1539 lies nearer to the foreshore". It was hoped in 1984 that a trial trench would be able to locate it. <3> Photo refs <4>
<1> unknown, 1960 0nwards, SMR form unknown (DESC TEXT). SEX4.
<2> Ordnance Survey, unknown, OS cards, TQ67NE19, 1979 (RECORD SHEET/FORM). SEX52658.
<3> Priddy, DA, 1986, Excavations in Essex, 1983-4 Part of Essex Archaeology and History Volume 16, p.127, Catton, JPJ (EXCAV REPORT). SEX25466.
<4> unknown, 1986, unknown (Photograph). SEX57596.
<5> Saunders, Helen, 2006, CP/06/26/05-06, 2 frames, 3/11/06 (AP). SEX66867.
<6> Smith, Joanna, 2007, East Tilbury, Essex - Historic Area Appraisal, mentioned in appraisal (DESC TEXT). SEX70042.
<7> Saunders, Helen, 2016, EX16/03/054-066 (AP (Digital)). SEX73037.
<8> Saunders, Helen, 2022, EX22/07/032-033 (AP (Digital)). SEX74862.
Monument Types
- BLOCKHOUSE (C16, Medieval to Post Medieval - 1539 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Thames Gateway 110_2
- Historic Environment Character Area: Thames Gateway 110
- Scheduled Monument () 1013943: Coalhouse Fort battery and artillery defences
- Historic Environment Character Area: Thames Gateway 3
- Historic Environment Character Area: Thames Gateway 117
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Thames Gateway 117_2
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Thames Gateway 117_1
Sources and further reading
| <1> | DESC TEXT: unknown. 1960 0nwards. SMR form unknown. |
| <2> | RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. unknown. OS cards. TQ67NE19, 1979. |
| <3> | EXCAV REPORT: Priddy, DA. 1986. Excavations in Essex, 1983-4 Part of Essex Archaeology and History Volume 16. p.127, Catton, JPJ. |
| <4> | Photograph: unknown. 1986. unknown. |
| <5> | AP: Saunders, Helen. 2006. CP/06/26/05-06. 2 frames, 3/11/06. |
| <6> | DESC TEXT: Smith, Joanna. 2007. East Tilbury, Essex - Historic Area Appraisal. mentioned in appraisal. |
| <7> | AP (Digital): Saunders, Helen. 2016. EX16/03/054-066. |
| <8> | AP (Digital): Saunders, Helen. 2022. EX22/07/032-033. |
Images
 Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury, Thurrock © Essex County Council |  Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury, Thurrock © Essex County Council |
 Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury, Thurrock © Essex County Council |  Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury, Thurrock © Essex County Council |
 Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury, Thurrock © Essex County Council |  Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury, Thurrock © Essex County Council |
 Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury, Thurrock © Essex County Council |  Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury, Thurrock © Essex County Council |
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