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Monument Number 1395359
Hob Uid: 1395359
Location : Greater London Authority Tower Hamlets Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : TQ3450081500
Summary : Fort Number 2 of London's Civil War defences was on the south side of Whitechapel Road, close to the present site of the London Hospital. Lithgow referred to the site as a nine-angled fort, but the resolution of the common council called for a hornwork, an angle of which appears on Christopher Wren's map of West Heath in 1673.
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Page(s) : 129
Figs. : 1,2,3
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Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Extant 1634-9
Monument End Date : 1649
Monument Start Date : 1643
Monument Type : Bastion Trace Fort, Hornwork
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Number : TQ 38 SW 2228
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Monument Number 1395359