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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 777 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Upper Road (South) Position First World War earthwork redoubt |
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Summary
First World War anti-invasion defence.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3441 4287 |
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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
- REDOUBT (Modern - 1914 AD to 1916 AD)
- REDOUBT (Modern - 1914 AD to 1918 AD)
- SLIT TRENCH (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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Earthwork redoubt
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : Yes
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential : None
Condition : Destroyed
Date of visit :
A First World War Redoubt defence earthwork that was first observed in military aerial photography in February 1941 [1] as a faint bank and ditch system just south of the upper road in Swingate east Dover. Later vertical photography in December 1945 [2] illustrated the Redoubt to have been reused as a slit trench system for WWII defence and training purposes covering an area of 170m by 70m. In December 1949 [3] the redoubt/slit trench's was still visible, however in later oblique photography from August 1954 [4] the earthworks appeared to be levelled.
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photographs exists within a GIS layer held by this HER.
01/01/1916, Dover Land Defences, 1916 (Map). SKE14223.
01/01/1916, Dover Land Defences, 1916 (Map). Ske14223.
01/01/1923, Dover and the War (Bibliographic reference). SKE14217.
01/01/1923, Dover and the War (Bibliographic reference). Ske14217.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Bibliographic reference: 01/01/1923. Dover and the War. |
| --- | Map: 01/01/1916. Dover Land Defences, 1916. |
Related records
| TR 34 SW 524 | Part of: Upnor road north and south positions (Monument) |
