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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 67 SE 1021 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Barrage balloon, with submerged mooring in Thames, by EastCourt Marshes, Gravesend |
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Summary
Barrage balloon, with submerged mooring in Thames. Identified from photographs taken in 1944. It is thought that ther mooring for the barrage baloon may stilll exist, submerged under the Thames.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 67960 74562 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67SE |
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| Parish: | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BARRAGE BALLOON SITE (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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Barrage balloon, with submerged mooring. Photographs (1-3). Not visiible durin 2005 coastal survey, though may still exist in the channel under the water (4)
<1> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10066.
<2> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10016.
<3> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10014.
<4> 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Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document).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
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 4026. print. |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 4019. print. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 3016. print. |
| <4> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |
