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Monument details

HER Number:TR 24 NE 237
Type of record:Monument
Name: Second World War concrete holdfast

Summary

This concrete holdfast (designed to secure a piece of equipment, usually a gun) is about 0.6 m x 0.6 m square and stands on a 4 m square platform (about 30 cm thick). It is located in the edge of a strip of woodland at TR 25711 46900 between Halfway Street and Upton Wood, near a footpath leading to Lyddenhill Wood.


Grid Reference:TR 2571 4690
Map Sheet:TR24NE
Parish:SHEPHERDSWELL WITH COLDRED, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • HOLDFAST (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Full description

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This concrete holdfast (designed to secure a piece of equipment, usually a gun) is about 0.6 m x 0.6 m square and stands on a 4 m square platform (about 30 cm thick). It is located in the edge of a strip of woodland at TR 25711 46900 between Halfway Street and Upton Wood, near a footpath leading to Lyddenhill Wood.


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