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Monument details

HER Number:TR 15 NW 1120
Type of record:Monument
Name:Second World War roadblock at the Howfield Lane viaduct, Chartham

Summary

There was a Second World War roadblock at the Howfield Lane viaduct, Chartham, intended to be effected, in the event of an invasion, by some kind of demolition or detonation. It was in place by November 1941.


Grid Reference:TR 1130 5625
Map Sheet:TR15NW
Parish:CHARTHAM, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • ROADBLOCK (Modern - 1941 AD? to 1945 AD?)

Full description

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This roadblock at the Howfield Lane viaduct, Chartham, seems to have been intended to be effected, in the event of an invasion, by some kind of demolition or detonation; further details are hard to come by. It was in place by November 1941, and may have been prepared earlier that year.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : Yes
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Tourism Potential :
Condition : unknown
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Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division, 01/01/41, War Diary Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division 1941 (Unpublished document). SKE15293.

Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division, 01/01/41, War Diary Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division 1941 (Unpublished document). Ske15293.

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---Unpublished document: Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division. 01/01/41. War Diary Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division 1941.