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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 913 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War anti-tank ditch north of the railway west of Bekesbourne Station |
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Summary
From mid 1940, there was an anti-tank ditch north of the London, Chatham, Dover Railway, west of Bekesbourne Station. This may have been associated with the rail block near the west end of the Station.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1870 5620 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | BEKESBOURNE-WITH-PATRIXBOURNE, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- ANTI TANK DITCH (Modern - 1940 AD to 1945 AD?)
Full description
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From mid 1940, the London, Chatham, Dover Railway, which locally formed part of the Dover, Canterbury, Whitstable Stop Line, was strengthened as an anti-tank obstacle, west of Bekesbourne Station by digging an anti-tank ditch on the north side of the embankment. This may have been associated with the rail block near the west end of the Station.
Owner : Unknown
Publicly accessible : Unknown
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential :
Condition : unknown
Date of visit :
Millyard D., 01/01/96, Bekesbourne and the Second World War (Bibliographic reference). SKE15197.
Millyard D., 01/01/96, Bekesbourne and the Second World War (Bibliographic reference). Ske15197.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Bibliographic reference: Millyard D.. 01/01/96. Bekesbourne and the Second World War. |
