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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 NW 351 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Poison Down Second World War anti-aircraft battery |
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Summary
An anti-aircraft battery was constructed at Poison Down (the battery is sometimes known locally as Church Farm Battery). It seems to have been constructed in 1944 as part of the campaign against the V1 weapons but the guns were probably never installed. Some of the structures survived until at least 1989
| Grid Reference: | TR 3284 4614 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34NW |
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| Parish: | LANGDON, DOVER, KENT |
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An anti-aircraft battery was constructed at Poison Down (the battery is sometimes known locally as Church Farm Battery). It seems to have been constructed in 1944 as part of the campaign against the V1 weapons but the guns were probably never installed. Some of the structures survived along the field margin until at least 1989 (1,2)
<1> RAF, 1946/7, 1946/47 RAF aerial photograph run (Photograph). SKE31381.
<2> John A. Guy, 2013, Verbal communication from John Guy, defence expert working in the Dover area (Verbal communication). SKE24831.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Photograph: RAF. 1946/7. 1946/47 RAF aerial photograph run. Black and White. Print. |
| <2> | Verbal communication: John A. Guy. 2013. Verbal communication from John Guy, defence expert working in the Dover area. |
