Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

From 1940 the village of Bridge was defended as a Category ‘A’ Nodal Point. Its defences are, as yet, almost completely mysterious, apart from a fortified house and a flame trap.

Monument Types

• FORTIFICATION (Modern - 1940 AD to 1940 AD)

Full description

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From 1940 the village of Bridge was defended as a Category ‘A’ Nodal Point (Military Grid Reference R 6272). Earlier that year, military planners had noted that in Northern France, the German tanks had tended to follow roads – deviating only rarely and returning to them at the first opportunity. They observed that the narrower, and more winding roads of South-East England converged much more frequently on towns and villages. These towns and villages often already had their own Home Guard arrangements in place, and accommodated various billeted military units. They therefore saw the opportunity to disrupt and delay any invasion by forming garrisons at well-connected villages. Thus a series of Nodal Points, such as this, were established across the countryside. The defences of the Bridge Nodal Point are as yet, however, almost completely mysterious, apart from a fortified house and a flame trap.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : Yes
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Tourism Potential :
Condition : poor
Date of visit :

CBA Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). SKE15263.

CBA Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). Ske15263.

List of VPs appendix to South Eastern Army Operations Instruction No. 20 (Unpublished document). SKE15262.

List of VPs appendix to South Eastern Army Operations Instruction No. 20 (Unpublished document). Ske15262.

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