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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 23 NE 219 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Battery plotting room for Lydden Spout Battery |
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Summary
During the Second World War a coastal battery was established at Lydden Spout. To the north of the guns a battery plotting room was built. Radar information was fed into the plotting room and used to provide ranges and bearings of targets for the guns. The room was underground and was c. 13 m x 13 m square. The room survives today.
| Grid Reference: | TR 2827 3894 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR23NE |
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| Parish: | HOUGHAM WITHOUT, DOVER, KENT |
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During the Second World War a coastal battery was established at Lydden Spout. To the north of the guns a battery plotting room was built. Radar information was fed into the plotting room and used to provide ranges and bearings of targets for the guns. The room was underground and was c. 13 m x 13 m square. The room survives today. (1)
<1> John A. Guy, 2013, Verbal communication from John Guy, defence expert working in the Dover area (Verbal communication). SKE24831.
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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. |
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