built into the entrance tunnels walls. The tower was transferred by English Heritage to private developers in the late 1990s and has now been converted to apartments. From the outside, the tower has been restored to pristine condition although there is an obvious contemporary structure added on the roof. On both sides the lowest pair of embrasures appear to be below ground level which indicates that originally the ditch was much deeper and more formidable than it now appears. On the east site, the brow of the hill has also been flattened to allow houses to be built and therefore the strategic dominance of the location harder to visualise. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Further reading Defender of the Medway, prison, asylum ... and luxury home, by Stephen Rayner, Memories page, Medway News. Napoleonic war forts in England British Telecom buildings and structures Scheduled monuments in Kent