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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 24 SE 81 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WW1 AA machine gun emplacement, Coney Hill |
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Summary
WW1 AA machine gun emplacement
| Grid Reference: | TR 2948 4060 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR24SE |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: First World War anti-aircraft emplacement. Low concrete plinth approx. 4m x 2m with roughly circular concrete column approx. 1m high at one end. |
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Full description
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Low concrete plinth approx. 4m x 2m with roughly circular concrete column approx. 1m high at one end. Column is said to have been higher once, with a vertical steel rod set in it. Widely believed locally to be WW1 mounting for anti-aircraft machine gun. Built of concrete and in very poor condition. (1)
<1> CBA Defence of Britain Project, 1994, Defence of Britain Site Report, Pers. Comm. David Burridge, KDRG/PSG/FSG (Bibliographic reference). SKE6447.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: CBA Defence of Britain Project. 1994. Defence of Britain Site Report. Pers. Comm. David Burridge, KDRG/PSG/FSG. |
