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Monument details
Summary
Coast Artillery Searchlight, built after 1911, probably serving the guns on both the Wing and Grain batteries. The remains of the structure were still standing when surveyed in 1998.
Summary from record TQ 87 NE 1099:
Coastal searchlight position, located East of Grain Fort.
Grid Reference: | TQ 89194 76555 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ87NE |
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Parish: | ISLE OF GRAIN, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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WWII coastal searchlight building whose front overlooks Thames Estuary (1).
Coast Artillery Searchlight, built after 1911, probably serving the guns on both the Wing (TQ 87 NE 9) and Grain (TQ 87 NE 1026) batteries. The remains of the structure were still standing when surveyed in 1998. Its apsidal end which formerly held the cells has been largely broken out. The building itself is now just a rectangular concrete shell, set into a slope which is revetted by a battered concrete wall. [2].
Description from record TQ 87 NE 1099:
Concrete constructed.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : Yes
How accessed for survey : On sea wall footpath.
Tourism Potential : Limited.
Condition : Very poor
Date of visit : 07/01/14
Army., 01/01/45, War Diary for Grain Fort. (Collection). SKE14366.
Army., 01/01/45, War Diary for Grain Fort. (Collection). Ske14366.
MMRG, 07/01/14, Defence Electric Light Grain (Photograph). SKE14635.
MMRG, 07/01/14, Defence Electric Light Grain (Photograph). Ske14635.
<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2001, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Phase II: Preliminary Field Investigation (Unpublished document). SWX11839.
<2> RCHME, 1998, Coastal Artillery Fortifications on the Isle of Grain, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE12515.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | --- | Collection: Army.. 01/01/45. War Diary for Grain Fort.. |
--- | Photograph: MMRG. 07/01/14. Defence Electric Light Grain. |
<1> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2001. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Phase II: Preliminary Field Investigation. |
<2> | Unpublished document: RCHME. 1998. Coastal Artillery Fortifications on the Isle of Grain, Kent. |
Related records
TQ 87 NE 1026 | Part of: Remains of Grain Battery, Isle of Grain (Monument) |
TQ 87 NE 9 | Part of: Remains of wing battery, Isle of Grain (Monument) |