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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1942 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible site of Command post or temporary magazine at The North Lines Battery, Drop Redoubt, Western Heights, Dover. |
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Summary
At the eastern end of the North Lines Battery, at the Drop redoubt, Dover, there is a large rectangualr platform which possibly represents either WWI or WWII activity at the site. This platform incorporates a trench access with a rectangular hollow off one side - possibly the site of a command post or temporary magazine- and it is possible that the whole represents the site of the documented First World War anti-aircraft gun battery. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3149 4107 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Full description
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At the eastern end of the North Lines Battery, at the Drop redoubt, Dover, there is a large rectangualr platform which possibly represents either WWI or WWII activity at the site. This platform incorporates a trench access with a rectangular hollow off one side - possibly the site of a command post or temporary magazine- and it is possible that the whole represents the site of the documented First World War anti-aircraft gun battery. (1)
<1> English Heritage, 2000, The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 3 The Drop Redoubt: A 19th-Century Artillery Fortification (Unpublished document). SKE13677.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2000. The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 3 The Drop Redoubt: A 19th-Century Artillery Fortification. [Mapped feature: #91896 Possible site of Command post or temporary magazine at The North Lines Battery, Drop Redoubt, Western Heights, Dover., ] |
Related records
| TR 34 SW 1944 | Part of: The North Lines Battery, Drop Redoubt, Western Heights, Dover (Monument) |
