Royal Military Canal

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defensive canal historic waterway scheduled monument

The Royal Military Canal is a historic early-19th-century defensive waterway in Kent, England, originally built to protect against a potential Napoleonic invasion and now valued as a scenic recreational and wildlife corridor.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Royal Military Canal canonical 7
Hythe Royal Military Canal stretch 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defensive canal ⓘ
historic waterway ⓘ
scheduled monument ⓘ
builtDuringConflict Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
constructionEndDate 1809 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1804 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
crossesCounty East Sussex ⓘ
Kent ⓘ
currentUse angling ⓘ
boating ⓘ
recreational waterway ⓘ
walking route ⓘ
wildlife corridor ⓘ
designedToDefendAgainst Napoleonic invasion ⓘ
ecosystemService biodiversity corridor ⓘ
wetland habitat ⓘ
endPoint Cliff End near Hastings ⓘ
followsFeature foot of the Romney Marsh escarpment ⓘ
hasDesignation Scheduled Monument ⓘ
Site of Nature Conservation Interest (in parts) ⓘ
hasFeature drainage function for Romney Marsh ⓘ
military banks and parapets (in places) ⓘ
towing path ⓘ
hasPart Royal Military Canal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hythe Royal Military Canal stretch

Romney Marsh ⓘ
surface form: Romney Marsh section

Rye to Cliff End section ⓘ
hasWalkingTrail Royal Military Canal Path ⓘ
heritageStatus protected under UK law ⓘ
inception early 19th century ⓘ
length approximately 28 miles ⓘ
approximately 45 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Hythe ⓘ
Kent ⓘ
Romney Marsh ⓘ
Rye ⓘ
South East England ⓘ
maintainedBy Environment Agency (England) ⓘ
surface form: Environment Agency

local authorities ⓘ
notableFor Napoleonic-era military engineering ⓘ
scenic landscape value ⓘ
originalFunction anti-invasion barrier ⓘ
military defence line ⓘ
passesThrough Biddenden ⓘ
surface form: Aldington

Appledore ⓘ
Hythe ⓘ
Rye ⓘ
startPoint Seabrook near Folkestone ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hythe → hasLandmark → Royal Military Canal ⓘ
Romney Marsh → drainedBy → Royal Military Canal ⓘ
Folkestone and Hythe District → contains → Royal Military Canal ⓘ
HYTHE → hasFeature → Royal Military Canal ⓘ
subject surface form: Hythe
HYTHE → traversedBy → Royal Military Canal ⓘ
subject surface form: Hythe
Royal Military Canal → hasPart → Royal Military Canal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hythe Royal Military Canal stretch
Hythe railway station (Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway) → nearbyFeature → Royal Military Canal ⓘ
Hythe beach → adjacentTo → Royal Military Canal ⓘ