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Monument details
Summary
Concrete machine gun emplacement built pre1918 on the beach infront of Indented Line No.2.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 91088 75495 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ97NW |
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| Parish: | SHEERNESS, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- GUN EMPLACEMENT (Abandoned 1945?, Modern - 1918 AD to 2050 AD (at some time))
| Protected Status: | Scheduled Monument KENT 172b; Scheduled Monument KENT 172a; Scheduled Monument KENT 172c |
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Full description
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Square concrete machine gune emplacement built on the beach infornt of the Indented Line No.2. It was entered form the west with a tunnel angled to the north giving a limited field of fire. The roof and much of the western wall have been demolished.(1)
<8> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments in England, 1995, Sheerness: The Dockyard, Defences and Blue Town (Unpublished document). SWX6974.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <8> | Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments in England. 1995. Sheerness: The Dockyard, Defences and Blue Town. |
