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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 23 NE 225 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of No. 1 gun, Hougham Battery |
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Summary
During the Second World War a coastal artillery battery was built at Hougham. No. 1 gun was a 8 inch gun. The gun was dual purpose being both for anti-aircraft and coastal artillery purposes. The site today consists of the life shaft that connected the back of the gun emplacement to the magazines beneath. More of the site probably survives beneath the dumped spoil from the Channel Tunnel excavations.
| Grid Reference: | TR 2905 3945 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR23NE |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Site of No. 1 gun, Second World War Hougham Battery, Dover |
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Full description
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During the Second World War a coastal artillery battery was built at Hougham. No. 1 gun was a 8 inch gun. The site today consists of the life shaft that connected the back of the gun emplacement to the magazines beneath. More of the site probably survives beneath the dumped spoil from the Channel Tunnel excavations. (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. |
