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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43313 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII anti-aircraft battery, south of Worth |
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Summary
WWII anti-aircraft battery, situated in a former chalk quarry, south of Worth and mapped from military aerial photographs taken in 1946.
| Grid Reference: | TR 33722 55008 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR35NW |
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| Parish: | WORTH, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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WWII anti-aircraft battery located south of Worth and mapped from military aerial photographs taken in September 1946 [1,2]. It is situated in a former chalk quarry, Hacklinge Holes, and makes use of the road into the quarry and the structures that were already there prior to the war.
The battery is first visible in April 1946 [3] and comprises four circular gun emplacements that have a diameter of 10m and in two cases have a central pintle for attaching the guns to. These structures are being dismantled by April 1950 [8] and are gone by July 1977 [7]. Several buildings are associated with the battery; the ones closest are already present on the Epoch 4 Ordnance Survey historic mapping [1,2]. Three of these buildings are removed some time between September 1946 [4] and August 2003 [5,6], and two are still present in August 2003 [5,6].
Two square structures are also present to the SW of the AA site and measure c.3.5m by 3.5m. They are first present in April 1946 [3] and the southern one is gone by April 1950 [8] whereas the northern one is gone by July 1977 [7].
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photographs exists within a GIS layer held by this HER.
<1> Ordnance Survey, 1928-1947, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947, Tile Ref: 18TR3355 1938 (Map). Ske12644.
<2> Ordnance Survey, 1928-1947, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947, Tile Ref: 18TR3354 1938 (Map). Ske12644.
<5> Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage, 2003, 2007, Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: PGA_TR3354 14-AUG-2003 (Graphic material). SWX15711.
<6> Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage, 2003, 2007, Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: PGA_TR3355 14-AUG-2003 (Graphic material). SWX15711.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1928-1947. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947. Tile Ref: 18TR3355 1938. |
| <2> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1928-1947. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947. Tile Ref: 18TR3354 1938. |
| <5> | Graphic material: Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage. 2003, 2007. Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: PGA_TR3354 14-AUG-2003. |
| <6> | Graphic material: Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage. 2003, 2007. Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: PGA_TR3355 14-AUG-2003. |
