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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 16 SW 115 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War roadblock (demolition) on Denstroude Lane, Blean |
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Summary
By late November 1941 there was a road-block, to be effected by means of a demolition, on Denstroude Lane, Blean.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1107 6176 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR16SW |
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| Parish: | ST COSMUS AND ST DAMIAN IN THE BLEAN, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- ROADBLOCK (Modern - 1940 AD? to 1945 AD?)
Full description
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By late November 1941 there was a road-block, to be effected by means of a demolition, on Denstroude Lane, Blean. The most likely spot is where a culvert passes under the road, just west of the point where it bends at a junction with a farm track. The block could have been covered by two or three pillboxes, facing roughly in this direction, to the south-east. Interestingly there are numerous anti concrete anti-tank buoys (out of situ) in the verges of Denstroude Lane further, east. These may conceivably have come from a road block in the vicinity, although it is not clear whether there would ever have been such devices at the block under discussion.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : Yes
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential :
Condition : Destroyed
Date of visit :
Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division, 01/01/41, War Diary Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division 1941 (Unpublished document). SKE15247.
Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division, 01/01/41, War Diary Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division 1941 (Unpublished document). Ske15247.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division. 01/01/41. War Diary Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division 1941. |
