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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 SW 76 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Former military camp associated with heavy anti-aircraft battery, Dillywood Lane, Frindsbury |
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Summary
Military camp consisting of Nissan huts and brick buildings formerly associated with a World War II heavy anti-aircraft battery (see TQ 77 SW 69). The battery has been demolished, but some of the camp buildings still remain.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7272 7118 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77SW |
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| Parish: | FRINDSBURY EXTRA, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- MILITARY CAMP (Abandoned 1945?, Modern - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD? (between))
- AGRICULTURAL BUILDING (Modern - 1945 AD? to 2050 AD? (between))
Full description
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The camp is west of Dillywood Lane around 1500m east of Upper Higham. Standing are the surviving remnants of the accommodation for gunners and officers of a heavy anti-aircraft battery 100m to the NNE. The battery itself had a magazine and possible command post. (1)
Military camp consisting of Nissan huts and brick buildings formerly associated with a WW2 heavy anti-aircraft battery (TQ 77 SW 69). The battery has been demolished, but some of the camp buildings still remain.(2, 3, 4)
<1> Untitled Source, Photographic record of buildings. Unpub. Victor Smith 1997. (Unpublished document). SKE6451.
<2> Smith, V., 1997, Camp Buildings Attached to the Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery Site at Dillywood Laney, Rochester/Frindsbury (Unpublished document). SWX6996.
<3> English Heritage, 2013, Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project (Bibliographic reference). SKE31432.
<4> Archaeology South-East, 2017, Archaeological strip, map and sample report, Blaise Farm Quarry, Offham, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE32443.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Photographic record of buildings. Unpub. Victor Smith 1997.. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Smith, V.. 1997. Camp Buildings Attached to the Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery Site at Dillywood Laney, Rochester/Frindsbury. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2013. Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project. |
| <4> | Unpublished document: Archaeology South-East. 2017. Archaeological strip, map and sample report, Blaise Farm Quarry, Offham, Kent. |
Related records
| TQ 77 SW 69 | Part of: Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery (Site of), near Dillywood Farm, Frindsbury Extra (Monument) |
