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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 05 NE 139 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War roadblock east of Nickle Farm, Chartham, comprising a bridge over the railway, prepared for demolition |
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Summary
By November 1941 there was a roadblock, based on a prepared demolition, on a small bridge over the railway east of Nickle Farm.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0949 5582 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR05NE |
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| Parish: | CHARTHAM, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- ROADBLOCK (Modern - 1941 AD? to 1945 AD?)
Full description
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This roadblock, based on a bridge over the railway between Canterbury and Faversham, which was prepared for demolition in case of invasion, had been established by late November 1941. It was on a small bridge, serving a network of paths and tracks, east of Nickle Farm, Chartham. This stretch of the railway seems to have been adopted as a minor defensive line in 1941, subsidiary to a new stop-line along the River Stour west of Canterbury.
Owner : Unknown
Publicly accessible : Unknown
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential :
Condition : unknown
Date of visit :
Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division, 01/01/41, War Diary Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division 1941 (Unpublished document). SKE15292.
Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division, 01/01/41, War Diary Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division 1941 (Unpublished document). Ske15292.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division. 01/01/41. War Diary Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division 1941. |
