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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 2410 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Underground Second World War radio station, Long Hill |
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Summary
An underground Second World War communications station is present beneath Long Hill, Dover. The brick structure above is for ventilation and generator exhaust and there are secondary access points at various places on the hill.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3137 4319 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- TUNNEL (Post Medieval to Modern - 1900 AD? to 1980 AD?)
Full description
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A tunnel complex of uncertain but probably military origin is present beneath Long Hill, Dover. The brick structure above is for ventilation and generator exhaust. (1)
The station is believed to have been related to the underground tunnels at Dover Castle. It has been suggested they were linked to the DUMPY tunnel system that was constructed during the Second World War and later used as a Cold War Regional Seat of Government. (2)
Kent History Forum (Digital archive). SWX15715.
<1> John Guy, Verbal Communication, http://www.kenthistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=6028.0 (Verbal communication). SKE14703.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Digital archive: Kent History Forum. |
| <1> | Verbal communication: John Guy. Verbal Communication. http://www.kenthistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=6028.0. |
