Thanet GhostWatch Property Investigation Report
Drop Redoubt Fort, Dover
2nd investigation
Introduction
Construction of the Drop Redoubt
began in 1804 during the Napoleonic Wars, situated on the Western
Heights and overlooking Dover Harbour, it is now under the care of
English Heritage and the Western Heights Preservation Society.
More on the history of this structure can be found on the Western
Heights Preservation Society website.
Thanet GhostWatch Property
Investigation would like to offer our sincere thanks to the Western
Heights Preservation Society and to English Heritage for again allowing
us access inside this unique structure.
Hold your mouse cursor over the plan below
to highlight the investigation areas:
Red - Caponnier 4's Gunrooms, connecting
stairs, Officers' Quarters, Guardroom and Cells.
Blue - Caponnier 3 and connecting stairs.
Purple - Soldiers' Barracks.
Green - Caponnier 2, Gunrooms and connecting stairs.
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Plan of the Drop Redoubt
Reproduced here with the kind permission
of the
Western Heights Preservation Society
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Previously,
a Risk Assessment had been prepared which was subsequently updated
on the night. Due to safety issues, the investigation of internal
areas was limited to those indicated on the plan.
May 23rd, 2008
Written by Bob using notes compiled
by Bob and Jen
20:00
Following a Risk Assessment briefing, as
required by our insurance, a Spiritual Protection and Grounding was
conducted for those who wished to participate, we then went into a
Séance circle on the ground floor of Caponnier 3.
REPORT
21:45
Break
22:00
Team Investigations:
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Team 1
Bob
Sarah
Dave
Nigel
Duncan
Trevor
Sharon
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Team 2
Sue
Dawn
Bryn
Jen
Keith
Sam
Lucy |
Team
1 REPORTS
Team 2 REPORTS
01:30
Members could elect
which team to join in order to investigate a chosen area.
REPORT
03:00
End of investigation.
Sceptical Analysis by
Bob
What was sensed by psychic/mediumship means seems to indicate there
was paranormal activity at this location.
Ignoring the above, as sceptics do, this still proved to be a very
interesting investigation.
Some of what was heard can probably be attributed to sounds carrying
from the nearby town or to the heavy diesel engine noise from the
nearby port - one instance of detected infrasound seemed to be linked
to a ferry starting-up. However, this wouldn't account for the other
sounds such as the dragging and the various footsteps for which we
could offer no "natural" explanation.
The intermittent strong draughts that were evident in the various
Caponniers had a relatively obvious non-paranormal origin - the weather
conditions on the night were slightly breezy with the wind direction
into the Barracks, the large area of each Barracks acting as a funnel
and concentrating the air movement down the narrow stair tunnels into
the Caponniers below.
Sceptical Conclusions
by Bob
There was no conclusive evidence of any paranormal activity, there
are still some currently unexplained occurrences which definitely
warrant a return visit for further investigation and research.
Please note: for reasons of
future verification, all names and ranks of presences picked-up on
during the investigation have been omitted from the reports.
Other groups who have carried out investigations here and who wish
to compare findings, may contact the Core
Team and request these details.
