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Monument details

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1937 to 1937

Monument Types

• SITE (Modern - 1937 AD to 1937 AD)

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
DUNKIRK
1607/0/10002 Dunkirk Radar Tower
12-SEP-02
GV II
Chain Home transmitter tower. 1937. Galvanised steel transmitter tower, now truncated. The radar station at Dunkirk in Kent comprised one of the front-line links in the series of Chain Home radar stations that extended from the south coast of England to the east of Scotland. Dunkirk is one of only five sites to have retained any of their original towers. The transmitter tower is the best-preserved in situ example in England after the listed examples at Bawdsey (Suffolk) and Stenigot (Lincolnshire), and relates to one of the best-preserved and most historically important radar sites in England. Dunkirk played a vital role in Britain's air defence throughout the Second World War, most famously during the Battle of Britain. The Bofors Tower is listed grade II, and other elements of the complex are protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. See description of the Bofors Tower and the Scheduled Monument Assessment for further historical details on the site.

English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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