It should not be assumed that this site is publicly accessible and it may be on private property. Do not trespass.

Monument details

HER Number:	TR 34 SW 560
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Range Finding Station for Langdon Battery, St. Margaret's Cliffe

Summary

Range Finding Station for Langdon Battery. Unclear from description if part of or separate from the battery.

Grid Reference:	TR 3393 4236
Map Sheet:	TR34SW
Parish:	ST MARGARET’S AT CLIFFE, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

COMMAND POST (range finding station, Post Medieval to Modern - 1898 AD? to 1945 AD?)

Protected Status:	Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Second World War Langdon battery. The battery originally included five gun emplacements, three 9.2 inch and two 6 inch guns.

Full description

If you do not understand anything on this page please contact us.

Site of the range finding station located immediately south east of the Cliff Road on the cliff prominence called The Cobbler. The largest feature is the rectangular foundations of a building 5m by 23m of raised concrete platform. Entered by two steps at the south west end. At the north east end a further two steps leads to living quarters with a WC (2mx4m) with drain in one corner. A further 2m square structure lay immediately to the south east. Lying approximately 10m to the south east, towards the cliff edge are three circular concrete bases. Between these and the building foundations is a small hole, covered with vegetation. A wooden lintel covered with corregated tin is partially exposed. This may be the entrance to an underground bunker, which is opening up as the debris infill rots away (1)

<1> Nicola Bannister, 1999, Langdon Cliffs Survey (Unpublished document). SKE6595.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	Unpublished document: Nicola Bannister. 1999. Langdon Cliffs Survey.

Related records

TR 34 SW 213

Part of: Langdon Battery, St. Margaret's at Cliffe (Building)