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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 87 SE 1241
Type of record:Monument
Name:Machine Gun Emplacement, South Boom Battery, Burntwick Island

Summary

One of two double concrete machine gun emplacements for the defence of South Boom Battery. (TQ 87 SE 1142). This is the only one which remains intact.

Grid Reference:TQ 86941 72623
Map Sheet:TQ87SE
Parish:UPCHURCH, SWALE, KENT

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Full description

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Concrete gun emplacement comprising two circular structures with entrances on the landward side. Other concrete structures lie nearby.(1)

One of two double concrete machine gun emplacements,(with possibly TQ 87 SE 1239) built to defend South Boom Battery (TQ 87 SE 1141). The emplacements consited of a pair of joined concrete drums. This is the only one which remains intact.(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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document).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of Site Considered Under MPP For Which Scheduling is Not Recommended: South Boom Battery, Burntwick Island, Kent (Unpublished document).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Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005.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Unpublished document: English Heritage Monuments Protection Programme. 1999.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 1239Part of: Machine Gun Emplacement (Remains of), Burntwick Island (Monument)
TQ 87 SE 1142Part of: South Boom Battery, Burntwick Island (Monument)