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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX51336 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Capel Court Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery |
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Summary
A Second World War coastal battery is visible as earthworks and structures on aerial photographs taken in 1946, though the earthworks have been levelled and the structures removed on aerial photographs taken in 1966. The site is at Capel Court, and is listed as being unarmed in 1942. The site comprises four gun emplacements, three military buildings, one of which is surrounded by a berm and two probable gunposts. This site has been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey NMP (Component 2).
| Grid Reference: | TR 2579 3856 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR23NE |
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| Parish: | CAPEL-LE-FERNE, DOVER, KENT |
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Full description
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A Second World War coastal battery is visible as earthworks and structures on aerial photographs taken in 1946, though the earthworks have been levelled and the structures removed on aerial photographs taken in 1966. The site is at Capel Court, and is listed as being unarmed in 1942. The site is centred on TR 25803 38554, and comprises four gun emplacements, three military buildings, one of which is surrounded by a berm and two probable gunposts. This site has been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey NMP (Component 2) (2-3).
<1> Dobinson, C, 1996, Twentieth century fortifications in England, volume 1. Anti-aircraft artillery : England's air defence gunsites, 1914-46, pp 362 (Monograph). SWX23706.
<2> RAF, 1966, NMR RAF/58/7170 0153-0154 06-JAN-1966 (Photograph). SWX23882.
<3> RAF, 1946, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1093 4001-4002 03-JAN-1946 (Photograph). SWX23795.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Dobinson, C. 1996. Twentieth century fortifications in England, volume 1. Anti-aircraft artillery : England's air defence gunsites, 1914-46. pp 362. |
| <2> | Photograph: RAF. 1966. NMR RAF/58/7170 0153-0154 06-JAN-1966. |
| <3> | Photograph: RAF. 1946. NMR RAF/106G/UK/1093 4001-4002 03-JAN-1946. |
