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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 57 NW 1052 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | First World War explosive store by University Road, Dartford |
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Summary
Derelict explosive store. Square plan concrete building, with walls leaning out at an angle. Roofless and disused.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 53822 75784 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ57NW |
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| Parish: | DARTFORD, DARTFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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A square plan, roofless, disused, concrete building. The walls flare out at and angle of 5-10 degrees. It has a metal plaque with no 3 painted on one outside wall. It is identical to another concrete building to the west. (1)
September 2018:"the site started as a Vickers Airfield for the planes they were building in Crayford. There are (were) bunkers visible from the path. The structures were over 100 years old and were where Vickers was making their version ‘toffee apple’ bombs."
<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |
