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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 517 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WW1 Field Gun Position, The Citadel, Dover Western Heights |
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Summary
WW1 Field Gun Position
| Grid Reference: | TR 307 407 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BATTERY (BATTERY, Modern - 1901 AD to 2050 AD)
| Protected Status: | Scheduled Monument 1020298: FORTIFICATIONS, ROMAN LIGHTHOUSE AND MEDIEVAL CHAPEL ON WESTERN HEIGHTS |
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Full description
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WW1 field gun position located in the inner North Bastion of the Citadel. Destroyed. Field visit in 1994
From the National Heritage List for England:
Following the completion of the new Admiralty harbour at Dover in 1907, an Admiralty Port War Signal Station controlling all shipping within the harbour was located on Western Heights, but moved to Dover castle in 1914. During World War I the Heights were primarily used for their barrack accommodation, although Citadel Battery remained armed and in 1916 Drop Redoubt was provided with searchlights and two 6 pounder Hotchkiss guns to counter air raids, whilst the Citadel received a single 3 inch gun.
<1> CBA Defence of Britain Project, 1994, Defence of Britain Site Report (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. |
