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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 SW 69 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery (Site of), near Dillywood Farm, Frindsbury Extra |
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Summary
Site of an anti aircraft battery comprised of 4 x 4.5 in. guns in a trapezoidal layout. There was also a command post, magazines and a camp for battery personnel. These parts remain (see TQ 77 SW 76) but the gun emplacements have been demolished to construct a garden centre.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7268 7120 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77SW |
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| Parish: | FRINDSBURY EXTRA, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY (Demolished, Modern - 1940 AD? to 1945 AD? (between))
Full description
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Battery for 4 x 4.5 in. guns in trapezoidal layout, with command post, magazines and camp for battery personnel. Command post and camp exist (TQ 76 SW 76). Gun emplacements demolished for garden centre. (1)
Smith, V., 1997, Camp Buildings Attached to the Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery Site at Dillywood Laney, Rochester/Frindsbury (Unpublished document). SWX6996.
Smith, V., 1997, Camp Buildings Attached to the Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery Site at Dillywood Laney, Rochester/Frindsbury (Unpublished document). SWX6996.
<1> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.
<2> English Heritage, 2013, Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project (Bibliographic reference). SKE31432.
<3> Historic England, 2012, National Mapping Programme survey: Hoo Peninsula (Digital archive). SKE32442.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Smith, V.. 1997. Camp Buildings Attached to the Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery Site at Dillywood Laney, Rochester/Frindsbury. |
| <1> | Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2013. Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project. |
| <3> | Digital archive: Historic England. 2012. National Mapping Programme survey: Hoo Peninsula. |
Related records
| TQ 77 SW 76 | Parent of: Former military camp associated with heavy anti-aircraft battery, Dillywood Lane, Frindsbury (Monument) |
