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Monument details
Summary
Remains of Barracks for an Anti aircraft defensive battery near White Hall Farm. The concrete bases for these huts are no longer present. Site was identified from aerial photographs taken shortly after World War II.
Grid Reference: | TQ 8845 7725 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ87NE |
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Parish: | ISLE OF GRAIN, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Concrete bases for barrack huts for now vanished heavy Anti Aircraft battery. White Hall Farm (1), site photographs (2-4).
Mentioned in Isle of Grain Historic Area Assessment conducted by English Heritage in 2014: "a battery at White Hall Farm (in operation in 1918 and in 1942-3)" (5).
<1> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.
<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9482.
<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9554.
<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9555.
<5> English Heritage, 2014, Isle of Grain, Hoo Peninsula, Kent: Historic area assessment (Monograph). SKE29397.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <1> | Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites. |
<2> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3016. print. |
<3> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4016. print. |
<4> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4018. print. |
<5> | Monograph: English Heritage. 2014. Isle of Grain, Hoo Peninsula, Kent: Historic area assessment. |