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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SE 126 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Rail Gun Magazines, Near Townsend Farm |
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Summary
Three trackside magazines in brick clad concrete, near Townsend Farm. The magazines (of which there were originally four) probably served the railway guns and later the nearby batteries of Winnie and Pooh. Condition good.
| Grid Reference: | TR 35423 44700 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SE |
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| Parish: | ST MARGARET’S AT CLIFFE, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- MAGAZINE (MAGAZINE, Modern - 1940 AD? to 1945 AD?)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Second World War Rail Gun Magazines, 330m south-west of Townsend Farm, St Margaret's at Cliffe |
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Full description
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Three trackside magazines in brick clad concrete, near Townsend Farm. The magazines (of which there were originally four) probably served the railway guns and later the nearby batteries of Winnie and Pooh. Condition good.(1, 2)
<1> CBA Defence of Britain Project, 1994, Defence of Britain Site Report, Pers. Comm. David Burridge, KDRG / PSG (Bibliographic reference). SKE6447.
<1> John A. Guy, 2013, Verbal communication from John Guy, defence expert working in the Dover area (Verbal communication). SKE24831.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Verbal communication: John A. Guy. 2013. Verbal communication from John Guy, defence expert working in the Dover area. |
| <1> | Bibliographic reference: CBA Defence of Britain Project. 1994. Defence of Britain Site Report. Pers. Comm. David Burridge, KDRG / PSG. |
