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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1070 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Dummy "Winnie" Battery, St. Margaret's-at-Cliffe (site of) |
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Summary
Due to the inevitable attention of counter fire from German long-range guns, and to deceive aerial reconnaissance a dummy battery was built at TR34654386 for the 14" "Winnie" battery (TR 34 SE 148). Nothing remains of this site.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3465 4386 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | ST MARGARET’S AT CLIFFE, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- DECOY BATTERY (Abandoned, Modern - 1940 AD to 1945 AD (between))
Full description
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Due to the inevitable attention of counter fire from German long-range guns, and to deceive aerial reconnaissance a dummy battery was built at TR34654386 for the 14" "Winnie" battery. Nothing remains of this site. (1)
<1> Winston G. Ramsey (ed), 1980, Part One: The Kentish Heavies (Article in serial). SKE11851.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Article in serial: Winston G. Ramsey (ed). 1980. Part One: The Kentish Heavies. Number 29. |
Related records
| TR 34 SW 539 | Part of: Martin Mill Military Railway (Monument) |
