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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 573 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | First World War Gun turret, Dover |
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Summary
WWI Gun turret located to the north of Cliff Road, to the east of the Port of Dover. This structure was comprised of a broadly square-shaped structure flanked by earthen banking. It is partially visible on aerial photography dated to 1942, 1945 and 1962. It is visible as an earthwork as of 2001.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3326 4199 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | ST MARGARET’S AT CLIFFE, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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The site of one of the gun turrets used for coastal defence during the 1914 war and which quite possibly was served in its construction by the same line. A circular feature enclosed within a perimeter fence is recorded on the OS 25" Provisional Edition 1932-36. No evidence of the gun turret was found during the survey.(1)
WWI Gun turret located to the north of Cliff Road, east of Dover. This feature was comprised of a broadly square-shaped structure flanked by earthen banking. It is partially visible on aerial photography dated to 1942 [2], 1945 [3] and 1962 [4]. It covers an area approximately 17 m x 13 m and is visible as an earthwork, as of 2001 [5].
<1> Nicola Bannister, 1999, Langdon Cliffs Survey (Unpublished document). SKE6595.
<5> Aerial Photographs held by the Channel Coastal Observatory, CCO_AP_2001_CCO_nw (Photograph). SWX15703.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Nicola Bannister. 1999. Langdon Cliffs Survey. |
| <5> | Photograph: Aerial Photographs held by the Channel Coastal Observatory. CCO_AP_2001_CCO_nw. |
