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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 SE 1316 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Heavy Anti Aircraft battery in Upper Upnor |
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Summary
A Heavy Anti Aircraft battery at the south end of Tower Hill, visible in aerial photographs from 1946, in Upper Upnor. The camp for the battery was c. 120m to the north.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7548 7025 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77SE |
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| Parish: | FRINDSBURY EXTRA, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Tower Hill Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery - S8 is visible in the aerial photographs of 1946 at Upper Upnor. The site covers an area 145 metres in width and 145 metres in length, and consists of 6 gun stations to the north of the barracks.(1,2)
<1> SecondSite, 2004, Isle of Grain, B2001 Culvert, Excavation, Site Notes (Unpublished document). SKE13432.
<2> Historic England, 2012, National Mapping Programme survey: Hoo Peninsula (Digital archive). SKE32442.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: SecondSite. 2004. Isle of Grain, B2001 Culvert, Excavation, Site Notes. |
| <2> | Digital archive: Historic England. 2012. National Mapping Programme survey: Hoo Peninsula. |
