Peter Kendall

The Lower Lines formed part of the defences of Chatham Dockyard during the early nineteenth century. While never used in combat, they became the focus for siege training during the later in the century, and for the development of new military technologies by the Royal Engineers. This book presents the results of archaeological work undertaken between 2007 and 2009.

The Soviet Union exhibited superior strength and were likely to win any cross-border incursion. The American Administration organised effective countermeasures to cover the period until NATO could boast superiority but the Soviets were one step ahead due to their espionage networks

The Hoo Peninsula is located on the north Kent coast 30 miles east of Central London. This book raises awareness of the positive contribution that the historic environment makes to the Hoo Peninsula by describing how changing patterns of land use and maritime activity over time have given this landscape and seascape its distinctive character. It uses new information, which involved historic landscape, seascape and farmstead characterisation, aerial photographic mapping and analysis, area assessment of the buildings, detailed survey of key sites and other desk-based research. It takes a thematic view of the major influences on the history and development of the Hoo Peninsula and demonstrates the role that the Peninsula plays in the national story. The book is an important step towards changing the perception that the Hoo Peninsula is an out-of-the-way area, scarred by past development, where the landscape has no heritage value and major infrastructure can be developed with minimum objection.