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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 940 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War Heavy Anti-Aircraft battery, D7 |
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Summary
The site of a Second World War Heavy Anti-Aircraft battery, designated as D7 was uncovered on Dovers Western Heights during the excavation of pipe trenches there in 2008. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 31063 40702 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Site of a Second World War Heavy Anti-Aircraft battery, designated as D7. It apparently consisted of six 3" guns.
A watching brief of water main works in 2008 located two rubble filled underground structures in the area. These were possibly either munitions stores or shelters on the edge of the facility. (1)
Site of Second World War heavy anti aircraft battery D7 on the Western Heights. It was armed with six mobile 3-inch guns with GL Mark IA radar in 1942, replaced by six static 3-inch guns. It was manned by 411 Battery of the 127th Royal Artillery Regiment in 1942, and was used as a Diver Battery of the Dover Section , 71 Anti Aircraft Brigade, from 2nd August 1944, when it was manned by 339 Battery of the 173 Anti Aircraft Regiment. It was retained as a Nucleus Force Headquarters Battery in 1946. The given NGR falls within a Scheduled Monument. (2-3)
<1> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2008, Dover Western Heights, Water Upgrade, 2007-8, Watching-brief Report (Unpublished document). SKE16844.
<2> Council for British Archaeology, 01/01/96, Twentieth Century Fortifications In England, Vol. 1.2 - Anti-aircraft Artillery, 1914-46, pp. 353 (Bibliographic reference). SKE13979.
<3> Dobinson, C, 1996, Twentieth century fortifications in England, volume 1. Anti-aircraft artillery : England's air defence gunsites, 1914-46 (Monograph). SWX23706.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <1>XY | Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2008. Dover Western Heights, Water Upgrade, 2007-8, Watching-brief Report. [Mapped feature: #91655 anti aircraft battery, ] |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: Council for British Archaeology. 01/01/96. Twentieth Century Fortifications In England, Vol. 1.2 - Anti-aircraft Artillery, 1914-46. pp. 353. |
| <3> | Monograph: Dobinson, C. 1996. Twentieth century fortifications in England, volume 1. Anti-aircraft artillery : England's air defence gunsites, 1914-46. |
