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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 76 NW 711
Type of record:Building
Name:Anti-tank blocks

Summary

Two in number pimple type anti-tank blocks.


Grid Reference:TQ 7305 6885
Map Sheet:TQ76NW
Parish:ROCHESTER & CHATHAM, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • TANK TRAP (Modern - 1940 AD? to 1945 AD?)
  • TANK TRAP (TANK TRAP, Modern - 1940 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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Concrete construction.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : Yes
How accessed for survey : On side of public highway/footpath.
Tourism Potential : Limited.
Condition : moderate
Date of visit : 04/01/07 (1-4)

Description from record TQ 76 NW 283:
Single concrete pimple remaining. (5)


<1> Army, 10/01/41, Chatham Garrison plan to defeat invasion. (Article in monograph). Ske14426.

<2> MMRG, 04/01/07, Anti Tank Blocks (Photograph). Ske14579.

<3> MMRG, 04/01/07, Anti Tank Blocks (Photograph). SKE14579.

<4> Army, 10/01/41, Chatham Garrison plan to defeat invasion. (Article in monograph). SKE14426.

<5> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Article in monograph: Army. 10/01/41. Chatham Garrison plan to defeat invasion..
<2>Photograph: MMRG. 04/01/07. Anti Tank Blocks.
<3>Photograph: MMRG. 04/01/07. Anti Tank Blocks.
<4>Article in monograph: Army. 10/01/41. Chatham Garrison plan to defeat invasion..
<5>Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites.