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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 16 SW 90 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War gun emplacement(?) on east edge of Church Wood, Blean |
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Summary
Remains of a Second World War gun emplacement may survive at the eastern edge of Church Wood.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1190 6040 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR16SW |
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| Parish: | ST COSMUS AND ST DAMIAN IN THE BLEAN, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Remains, thought to represent a Second World War gun emplacement survive at the eastern edge of Church Wood. These consist of 'a large concrete block,' in the woodland edge.
Owner : Unknown
Publicly accessible : Unknown
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential :
Condition : moderate
Date of visit :
The site consists of a raised brick shuttered concrete platform about 3m square with a centrally mounted square pedestal with bolts for mouting a 6 Pdr AT gun. A deep ditch fronts the location which may have been an original AT ditch.(2)
Michael Walter, Verbal Communication (Verbal communication). Ske15246.
<2> Pillbox Study Group, Pillbox Study Group communication (Verbal communication). SKE52253.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Verbal communication: Michael Walter. Verbal Communication. |
| <2> | Verbal communication: Pillbox Study Group. Pillbox Study Group communication. |
