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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 57 NW 54 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | First World War explosive stores, Joyce Green Airfield, Dartford |
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Summary
First World War explosive stores, Joyce Green Airfield
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5378 7580 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ57NW |
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| Parish: | DARTFORD, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- MAGAZINE (MAGAZINE, Modern - 1914 AD? to 1945 AD?)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Second World War munition stores. Two rectangular and buttressed concrete structures with traversed entrances. Still standing but with some evidence of structural failure, |
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Full description
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Two rectangular and buttressed concrete structures with traversed entrances. Still standing but with some evidence of structural failure (1), site photographs (2-10). A munitions store? There is an identical building to the east. (11)
September 2018: "the site started as a Vickers Airfield for the planes they were building in Crayford. There are (were) bunkers visible from the path. The structures were over 100 years old and were where Vickers was making their version ‘toffee apple’ bombs."
<1> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.
<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9411.
<3> 1945, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9696.
<4> 1945, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9700.
<5> 1945, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9714.
<6> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9772.
<7> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9787.
<8> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10045.
<9> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10052.
<10> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10055.
<11> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites. |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3077. print. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1945. Photograph. 6041. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 1945. Photograph. 6113. print. |
| <5> | Photograph (Print): 1945. Photograph. 3099. print. |
| <6> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 6160. print. |
| <7> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 5018. print. |
| <8> | Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 4135. print. |
| <9> | Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 3219. print. |
| <10> | Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 4270. print. |
| <11> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |
