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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 2107 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible site of an Observation Post, North Military Road, Western Heights, Dover |
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Summary
Behind and above the compound which served as an instrument workshop and separate living accommodation for the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) , recessed into the hillside, is a small reinforced-concrete shelter with wing walls. It may be an observation post connected with the light AA emplacements on the north side of the Drop Redoubt. (location accurate to the nearest 100m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3144 4118 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Summarised from report:
Behind and above the compound which served as an instrument workshop and separate living accommodation for the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) , recessed into the hillside, is a small reinforced-concrete shelter with wing walls. It provides an excellent view across the valley to the north of the Heights and may be an observation post connected with the light AA emplacements on the north side of the Drop Redoubt. Slot in the floor were probably for telephone cables. (1)
<1> RCHME, 2001, The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 10: Miscellaneous Structures 1850-1945 (Unpublished document). SKE17506.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <1>XY | Unpublished document: RCHME. 2001. The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 10: Miscellaneous Structures 1850-1945. [Mapped feature: #92848 Possible observation post, ] |
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