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Monument details
HER Number: | TR 23 NW 254 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Picket-Hamilton Forts at Hawkinge Airfield |
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Summary
Of the four known Picket-Hamilton forts built at Hawkinge only one now survives within the Kent Battle of Britan Museum which was rescue from its original location. The remains of two further forts are also located at the museum. There original location is not known.
Grid Reference: | TR 2075 3951 |
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Map Sheet: | TR23NW |
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Parish: | HAWKINGE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PICKETT HAMILTON FORT (Abandoned 1945, Modern - 1939 AD? to 2050 AD?)
Full description
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Of the four known Picket-Hamilton forts built at Hawkinge only one now survives within the Kent Battle of Britan Museum which was rescue from its original location. The remains of two further forts are also located at the museum. There original location is not known.(1-3)
<1> Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders, 2001, Kent's Defence Heritage (Unpublished document). SKE6956.
<2> Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders, 2001, Kent's Defence Heritage (Unpublished document). SKE6956.
<3> English Heritage, 2001, Hawkinge WWII airfield defences report (Unpublished document). SKE7937.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <1> | Unpublished document: Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders. 2001. Kent's Defence Heritage. |
<2> | Unpublished document: Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders. 2001. Kent's Defence Heritage. |
<3> | Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001. Hawkinge WWII airfield defences report. |
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