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Monument details

HER Number:TR 23 NW 564
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of anti-tank blocks, Capel-le-Ferne

Summary

Site of large anti-tank blocks which continued the anti-tank stopline through the village.


Grid Reference:TR 2495 3880
Map Sheet:TR23NW
Parish:CAPEL-LE-FERNE, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • ANTI TANK CUBE (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
  • STOP LINE (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Full description

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At the northern end of the World War Two anti-tank line through the village, between the end of the anti-tank pimples in Victoria Road and Capel Street, there was a continuous row of large anti-tank blocks c. 130m long. Visible on aerial photographs of 1946 (Photo Ref: 106g 30th April 1946 3436). No apparent trace visible on modern images but site not visited. No apparent trace visible on modern images but site not visited.

Related records

MWX51520Part of: Second World War anti tank ditch (Monument)