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Title: Part 2: The North Entrance, Western Heights, Dover, UK View count: 580 Rating: 5.0 (5 ratings) Description: The 'North Entrance' to Dover's Napoleonic defenses embedded into the Western Heights consists of two bridge/drawbridge combinations and a 60-yard long road tunnel. Only the 'ribs' of the bridges are left and the tunnel, whose surface is made from wooden blocks to prevent sparks, is blocked at both ends. This video (2 of 2) has an opening scene of the Second World War pillbox, to the east of the North Entrance, shown at the end of Part 1 which can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtGsdQ3vKiI The next sequence shows the top of the old North Military Road ("Military Hill"), the outer bridge, and the 150 x 20 yard brick-faced outwork known as a "Tenaille". From inside the moats: the entry point to the moat system itself and then shots of the underside of the outer bridge, the pillbox again, the underside of inner bridge, the beams of the road tunnel drawbridge, and gunrooms. From on top of the tenaille: the inner bridge, the 's-shaped' road, the outer bridge; the east end of the tenaille and then the west end, showing the southern wall of the detached bastion (North Centre Bastion, Dead Man's Island, The Smokey). A few seconds of me (sorry about that!) and then a final sequence of the outer bridge and the top of the old North Military Road. [Army, History, Geography] Various still photos of the North Entrance are at: http://www.panoramio.com/user/250345/tags/North%20Entrance Dover is in the county of Kent in England (UK). My science research interests (evolution and psychology, esp. the archaeotrauma) are at: http://www.evopsychology.com My Facebook page is at: http://www.facebook.com/john.latter Dover Blog (Social Psychology): http://dover.evopsychology.com/ Images of Dover: http://www.panoramio.com/user/250345 John Latter / Jorolat Tags: dover, napoleon, north entrance, western heights, defenses, north, military, road, hill, bridge, drawbridge, tunnel, beam, wooden, second world war, world war two, vegetation, pillbox, commentary, moats, county, kent, uk, army, history, geography, facebook, blog, sparks, blocks, ruins, underground, exploration, explore, discovery, Author: jorolat |
