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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 NE 116 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Deep shelter for St Margaret's Battery. |
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Summary
Tunnels excavated during the Second World War to serve as deep shelters for the nearby St Margaret's Battery. These have been investigated revealing graffiti from 1941.
| Grid Reference: | TR 372 450 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34NE |
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| Parish: | ST MARGARET’S AT CLIFFE, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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A complex of tunnels is located in the cliffs at The Leas, TR 372450. Investigation in 1993 revealed graffiti of 1941 on the walls. The complex probably served as a deep shelter for the nearby St Margaret's battery during WWII. It has been suggested that the site was later used as a radar base monitoring shipping in the channel, before being abandoned in the mid 1960's. .(1) However, this seems unlikely as there were Rotor stations nearby and there is no reason to associate this site with radar use. (2)
<1> Kent Underground Res Grp Newsletter 37 June 1993 4 (plan) (A Miles) (OS Card Reference). SKE45946.
<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> | OS Card Reference: Kent Underground Res Grp Newsletter 37 June 1993 4 (plan) (A Miles). |
| <2> | Verbal communication: John A. Guy. 2013. Verbal communication from John Guy, defence expert working in the Dover area. |
