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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 NE 400 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War II auxiliary headquarters built into earlier tunnels, Nash Farm, Margate |
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Summary
An auxiliary unit operational base was located at Nash Court Farm. It was in use during the Second World War. The base was built into earlier tunnels that may represent a denehole that was recut as an underground store (or chapel). The site is believed to still exist.
| Grid Reference: | TR 357 686 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NE |
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| Parish: | MARGATE, THANET, KENT |
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Full description
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A Second world War auxiliary unit operational base was located at Nash Court Farm. (1) The base was built into earlier tunnels that may represent a denehole that was recut as an underground store (or chapel). The site is long known (2) believed to still exist. It was described by the landowner in 2015 (whose father was in the Auxiliary Unit) as having a trefoil decorated font as well as a secret access to the auxiliary base. The site was filled in in the 1950s to prevent access but is believed to still exist under what was the kitchen garden of Nash Court.
<1> CBA Defence of Britain Project, 1994, Defence of Britain Site Report (Bibliographic reference). SKE6447.
<2> 1878, : Archaeologia Cantiana: Archaeological notes on Thanet (Nash Court Cave) (Article in serial). SKE31351.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: CBA Defence of Britain Project. 1994. Defence of Britain Site Report. |
| <2> | Article in serial: 1878. : Archaeologia Cantiana: Archaeological notes on Thanet (Nash Court Cave). Vol. 12 1878, p419. |
