Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

By late 1940, as part of the defences of the ‘X-Roads’ Nodal Point, at Barham (see separate entry), there was a roadblock on the Canterbury Road near its Junction with Dover Road. It was covered by a pillbox just to the north.

Monument Types

• ROADBLOCK (Modern - 1940 AD to 1945 AD?)

Full description

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By late 1940, as part of the defences of the ‘X-Roads’ Nodal Point, at Barham (see separate entry), there was a roadblock on the Canterbury Road near its Junction with Dover Road. It was covered by a pillbox just to the north. This was roadblock No. 70 in a list of such structures made 2 December 1940. In late April 1941 it was propsed to augment this roadblock with a flame trap or (more likely?) fougasse battery on the approach form the south; it is not yet clear whether this was carried out, however.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : Yes
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential :
Condition : Destroyed
Date of visit :

43 Division General Staff, 01/01/40, War Diary 43 Division General Staff (Unpublished document). SKE15160.

43 Division General Staff, 01/01/40, War Diary 43 Division General Staff (Unpublished document). Ske15160.

43 Division General Staff, 01/01/41, War Diary 43 Division General Staff (Unpublished document). SKE15163.

43 Division General Staff, 01/01/41, War Diary 43 Division General Staff (Unpublished document). Ske15163.

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