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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 76 NE 347
Type of record:Monument
Name:Trenches/spigot mortar emplacement, near Cinque Port Marshes, Gillingham

Summary

Traces of a partially buried spigot mortar emplacement, trenches and fire positions located near the river wall at the bottom of Owens Way.

Grid Reference:TQ 7923 6909
Map Sheet:TQ76NE
Parish:GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT

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Spigot mortar emplacement, trenches and fire positions. Traces of trenches but spigot mortar emplacement mostly buried. Near river wall at bottom of Owens Way (1), site photographs (2,3).


<1> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.

<2> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9875.

<3> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10022.

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): 1947. Photograph. 4115. print.
<3>Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 2056. print.