Eitrheim Ltd

Steel gun carriage and traversing platform

The New Tavern Fort is the remains of an 18th century fort situated within the Fort Gardens and built in the 1780s to defend the Thames against the threat of a naval attack from France and extensively rebuilt by General Gordon between 1865 and 1879. The Fort was re-armed in 1904 and guns representing that period of development are now on display. As part of Gravesham Borough Council's improvements to the New Tavern Fort Gardens they commissioned a replica Mk3, 9" diameter RML (Rifled Muzzle-Loading) gun weighing 12 tonnes complete with gun carriage and traversing platform.