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into by the sea, with sand forming over the same, and a beach ' full ' thrown up as 

 delineated on the accompanying plan, the crest of which was 18 inches below the 

 sill of the first embrasvire east side of the north-east tower, i.e., about 12 inches below 

 high water of spring tides. The partial breach behind the north timber revetment 

 and up to the sand cliff had become filled in a degree with a ' full ' of large pebbles 

 collected during the prior two days. The crest of this ' full ' was about level with 

 high water of spring tides, and this is the general level of the top of the upper 

 'full ' towards Battery No. 1, so that the shingle mole north of the Castle is now 

 6 feet to 8 feet lower than in 1856.' 



I have the honour to be, Sir, 



Ycur very obedient Servant, 



(Signed) J. B. Redman. 



5. DOVER EAST-CLIFF SHORE. 



H.M. Wak Department and the Town Council of Dover. 



To Lieut. -Col&n el Jervois, R.E., Deputy-Inspector of Fortifications. 



11 Manchester Buildings, Westminster, S.W., May 7, 1863. 



Sir, — In accordance with your instructions of the 14th ultimo, I visited Dover on 

 the 20th, and placed myself in communication with General Stotherd, who lent me 

 a sheet of the Ordnance Survey of the town, with lines showing the degradation 

 produced by the gale of December last upon the East Cliff frontage and the recent 

 ranges of extreme spring tides, as surveyed by his officers, which I have had trans- 

 ferred to the drawing accompanying this report. The General also afforded me 

 every facility in my inquiry, by the production for my inspection of plans and 

 documents at Archcliff Fort, and by his personal explanations of the fullest charac- 

 ter. I attended a meeting at noon the same day, summoned by Mr. Knocker, the 

 town clerk, at his offices, consisting of Mr. Worsfold, the Mayor, Captain Noble, 

 Mr. Rees the harbour engineer, and a member of the Town Council, and Mr. Hanvey, 

 the town surveyor. I afterwards inspected the shore accompanied by the last-named 

 gentleman, and again that evening at low water, and also surveyed the condition of 

 the Castle jetty ; and the following morning I took the sections (at low water) which 

 accompany this communication, in which I was assisted by Mr. Hanvey and the men 

 at his disposal ; from these, and the plan, the general condition of the shore, and the 

 effect of the December gale, will be seen at a glance. 



It appeared generally admitted at the above meeting that the Marine Parade 

 and Waterloo Crescent were formerly more exposed than now to the sea from the 

 S.W., the stroke of which has been projected more and more eastward as the 

 Admiralty Pier has been extended seaward, and the East Cliff property has been 

 more exposed of late years from this cause, which has been increased by the recent 

 erection of the harbour jetty, which, by its great height, causes an eddying of the 

 sea eastward, scouring out the shingle forming the natural barrier, and by which the 

 extreme range of the tide at high water, has, from documents placed before me, 

 advanced landward nearly 100 feet from off the centre of Guilford battery to the 

 west side of Arlington House, East Cliff Terrace. 



The local ' full ' of shingle seen on Section No. 1, and on the plan in front of the 

 esplanade, has gathered there since the gale, said to have travelled from the east- 

 ward from the ' full ' at the back of the Castle jetty, and of course liable to travel back 

 in an opposite direction. 



The harbour stone groyne, or jetty, erected in front of Guilford battery, and now 

 drawing towards completion, takes virtually the position, as respects the harbour 

 frontage, hitherto occupied by the Castle jetty, the same results being traced east of 

 it as to the east of the Castle jetty, as, whatever accumulation of shingle it may 

 tend to promote to the benefit of the harbour frontage west of it, a corresponding 

 sweeping out of the shore may be expected to ensue eastward. This result took 

 place to such an extent during the December gale as to gully out the beach behind 



' [Mr. Sidney Herbert, then Secretary of War, determined on abandoning the Castle. 

 It was sold, but proved so tough a morsel that it was only lowered down to near 

 ground level. The portion so much written about recentlj' was the mere basement. 



On the abutment of the drawbridge was the monogram of the great Cecil, Earl 

 of Burleigh.] 



