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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SE 1162 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Rochester Road Second World War road block, Chalk |
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Summary
Second World War road block south of Chalk Church on the Rochester Road, Chalk near Gravesend. It formed part of the anti-invasion defences. Details of form, date of origin and of removal are unknown.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6833 7231 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SE |
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| Parish: | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- ROADBLOCK (Destroyed 1946, Modern - 1940 AD? to 1943 AD?)
Full description
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Second World War road block south of Chalk Church on the Rochester Road, Chalk, near Gravesend. It formed part of the anti-invasion defences. Details of form, date of origin and of removal are not known. There would have been moveable elements which may be represented in the presence of concrete buoys in the hedgerow on the south side of the Rochester Road, nearby.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey : The road block is no longer extant but there are possibly associated concrete buoys to be seen in the hedgrow of the south side of the Rochester Road, nearby.
Tourism Potential : None
Condition : Destroyed
Date of visit : 08/02/06
Chalk Parish History Group, 19/10/05, Untitled (Unpublished document). SKE13995.
Chalk Parish History Group, 19/10/05, Untitled (Unpublished document). Ske13995.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Chalk Parish History Group. 19/10/05. Untitled. |
Related records
| TQ 67 SE 1258 | Parent of: Second World War road block buoys, Gravesend Road, Chalk (Monument) |
