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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 67 SW 615
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Tunnel at Northfleet Cement Works. Later used as Second World War air raid shelter.

Summary

Second World War air raid shelter adapted from an existing chalk tunnel at the Northfleet Cement Works, Northfleet, Kent. It was used by factory workers. It was entered from the face of the quarry but access was blocked at the date of visit. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Grid Reference:	TQ 6217 7463
Map Sheet:	TQ67SW
Parish:	GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT

Monument Types

TUNNEL (Post Medieval to Modern - 1850 AD? to 2050 AD?)
AIR RAID SHELTER (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Full description

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Second World War air raid shelter adapted from an existing chalk tunnel at the Northfleet Cement Works, Northfleet, Kent. It was used by factory workers. It was entered from the face of the quarry but access was blocked at the date of visit. (1) A historic building recording was undertaken at the Lefarge cement works in 2008 and 2010 and included the tunnells across the site. (2)

<1> George Jewiss, 18/05/2008, Wartime recollections of informant (Verbal communication). SKE24304.

<2> CgMs Consulting, 2011, Building Recording Report. The Lafarge Cement Works, Northfleet, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE30919.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>XY	Verbal communication: George Jewiss. 18/05/2008. Wartime recollections of informant. [Mapped feature: #107054 tunnel, ]
<2>	Unpublished document: CgMs Consulting. 2011. Building Recording Report. The Lafarge Cement Works, Northfleet, Kent.

Related records

TQ 67 SW 1696

Part of: Former site of Lawn Road quarry/cement factory, Northfleet (Monument)