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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 SE 216 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War road block on the Crows Camp Road bridge over the Elham Valley Railway, Bishopsbourne |
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Summary
By late November 1941, the bridge over the Elham Valley Railway just south of Bishopsbourne Station had been prepared for demolition, on the event of an invasion, to create a roadblock.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1859 5237 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15SE |
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| Parish: | BISHOPSBOURNE, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- ROADBLOCK (Modern - 1941 AD to 1941 AD)
Full description
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By late November 1941, the bridge over the Elham Valley Railway just south of Bishopsbourne Station had been prepared for demolition, on the event of an invasion, to create a roadblock. The railway may have been intended to serve as a kind of minor stop line. The charge was pretend ‘detonated’ during exercise GreatBinge.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : Yes
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential :
Condition : unknown
Date of visit :
Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division, 01/01/41, War Diary Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division 1941 (Unpublished document). SKE15210.
Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division, 01/01/41, War Diary Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division 1941 (Unpublished document). Ske15210.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division. 01/01/41. War Diary Corps Royal Engineers 43 Division 1941. |
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