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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SE 392 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Cliff-face gun or possible Lyon light emplacement, St Margaret's Bay |
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Summary
Cut into the cliff face at St Margaret's Bay is a defence emplacement. In the past it has been intepreted as a infantry emplacement for beach defence but may have been a Lyon Light (searchlight) emplacement.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3676 4425 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SE |
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| Parish: | ST MARGARET’S AT CLIFFE, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SEARCHLIGHT EMPLACEMENT? (Modern - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)
- MACHINE GUN POST? (Modern - 1940 AD? to 1945 AD?)
Full description
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Cut into the cliff face at St Margaret's Bay is an emplacement. In the past it has been intepreted as a infantry emplacement for beach defence but may have been a Lyon light (searchlight) emplacement.. (1)
<1> John A. Guy, 2013, Verbal communication from John Guy, defence expert working in the Dover area (Verbal communication). SKE24831.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <1> | Verbal communication: John A. Guy. 2013. Verbal communication from John Guy, defence expert working in the Dover area. |
