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Monument details

HER Number:TR 23 NW 254
Type of record:Monument
Name:Picket-Hamilton Forts at Hawkinge Airfield

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
Map Sheet:TR23NW
Parish:HAWKINGE, SHEPWAY, KENT

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 Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders, 2001, Kent's Defence Heritage (Unpublished document).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 Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders, 2001, Kent's Defence Heritage (Unpublished document).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 English Heritage, 2001, Hawkinge WWII airfield defences report (Unpublished document).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Unpublished document: Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders. 2001.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Unpublished document: Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders. 2001.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Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001.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.

Related records

TR 23 NW 215Part of: Hawkinge Airfield (Monument)