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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 87 NE 126
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of a shelter or bunker associated with the Grain Batteries, Isle of Grain

Summary

A slight platform, the sole remnant of a bunker or shelter associated with the site of a twin searchlight emplacement to the north. The emplacement was demolished after 1961.


Grid Reference:TQ 8907 7684
Map Sheet:TQ87NE
Parish:ISLE OF GRAIN, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • STRUCTURE (Modern - 1914 AD? to 1961 AD? (between))

Full description

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A slight platform, the sole remnant of a bunker or shelter associated with the site of a twin searchlight emplacement to the north (TQ 87 NE 125). The emplacement was demolished after 1961 [1].


<1> RCHME, 1998, Coastal Artillery Fortifications on the Isle of Grain, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE12515.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Unpublished document: RCHME. 1998. Coastal Artillery Fortifications on the Isle of Grain, Kent.

Related records

TQ 87 NE 125Part of: Site of First World War Coast Artillery Searchlight serving Grain Fort, Isle of Grain (Monument)