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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 647 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Six Pounder Anti-Tank Position at Dover Castle |
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Summary
Between Treasurer's and Godsfoe Towers is a position for a 6 pdr AT gun. It is behind the castle outer curtain wall enclosed by a square, concrete block structure. The rectangular embrasure is cut through the castle curtain wall, this was added to in 1940.(location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3238 4199 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
| Protected Status: | Scheduled Monument KE64 |
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Full description
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Between Treasurer's and Godsfoe Towers is a position for a 6 pdr AT gun. It is behind the castle outer curtain wall enclosed by a square, concrete block structure. The rectangular embrasure is cut through the castle curtain wall, this was added to in 1940. (1-2)
<1> Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders, 2001, Kent's Defence Heritage, KD173 (Unpublished document). SKE6956.
<2> English Heritage, 2014, Dover Castle Conservation Management Plan Volume 2 Gazetteer (Unpublished document). SKE52105.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders. 2001. Kent's Defence Heritage. KD173. |
| <2>XY | Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2014. Dover Castle Conservation Management Plan Volume 2 Gazetteer. [Mapped feature: #18268 anti tank position, ] |
Related records
| TR 34 SW 2499 | Part of: South western outer curtain wall, Dover Castle (Monument) |
