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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 SE 1239 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Machine Gun Emplacement (Remains of), Burntwick Island |
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Summary
The remains of a double concrete machine gun emplacement, one of a pair, built to defend South Boom Battery. This emplacement has been badly damaged by tidal action although its twin survives intact.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 86744 72726 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ87SE |
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| Parish: | UPCHURCH, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Probable WWII military structure - possible gun emplacements. Collapsed. (1)
The remains of a double concrete machine gun emplacement, one of a pair, built to defend South Boom Battery (TQ 87 SE 1141). This emplacement has been badly damaged by tidal action although its twin survives intact (TQ 87 SE 1241).(2)
<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document). SWX12121.
<2> English Heritage Monuments Protection Programme, 1999, Monuments Protection Programme: Report of Site Considered Under MPP For Which Scheduling is Not Recommended: South Boom Battery, Burntwick Island, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE12485.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: English Heritage Monuments Protection Programme. 1999. Monuments Protection Programme: Report of Site Considered Under MPP For Which Scheduling is Not Recommended: South Boom Battery, Burntwick Island, Kent. |
Related records
| TQ 87 SE 1241 | Parent of: Machine Gun Emplacement, South Boom Battery, Burntwick Island (Monument) |
