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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 87 SE 156 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Naval ammunition depot, Isle of Grain |
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Summary
Naval ammunition depot, Isle of Grain. Royal Navy depot consisting of a number of isolated buildings spread over a large area. The depot was used by the Royal Navy to store ammunition that was being trasnported to or from Naval Magazines at Chattenden.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8855 7441 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ87SE |
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| Parish: | ISLE OF GRAIN, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Several isolated buildings spaced over large area, linked by a service road. Used by Royal Navy to store ammunition on/off loaded at adjacent jetty, before or after having been moved from Naval magazines at Chattenden. South of Grain Power Station (1).
Site photographs (2-9).
See also BritNed Archaeological Assessment [10].
<01> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.
<02> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9495.
<03> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9496.
<04> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9557.
<05> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9558.
<06> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9646.
<07> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9798.
<08> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9811.
<09> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9817.
<10> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, BritNed Interconnector. Archaeological Assessment (Unpublished document). SKE12520.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <01> | Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites. |
| <02> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3054. print. |
| <03> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3056. print. |
| <04> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4026. print. |
| <05> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4028. print. |
| <06> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4458. print. |
| <07> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 3018. print. |
| <08> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4017. print. |
| <09> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4032. print. |
| <10> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. BritNed Interconnector. Archaeological Assessment. |
