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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 2060 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWI/WWII Slit Trenches within the defences of the Citadel Battery, Western Heights, Dover |
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Summary
Several slit trenches (at least 12) were cut into the top of the counterscarp bank of the Citadel Battery. Most of them are small, on average 2.5m long, 0.8m wide and 0.6m deep. Two long examples guard the western end. All are probably of First or Second World War date. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3043 4029 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SLIT TRENCH (Disused, Modern - 1914 AD? to 1956 AD?)
Full description
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Summarised from report:
Several slit trenches (at least 12) were cut into the top of the counterscarp bank of the Citadel Battery. Most of them are small, on average 2.5m long, 0.8m wide and 0.6m deep. Two long examples guard the western end. All are probably of First or Second World War date. (1)
<1> RCHME, 2000, The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 8: The Citadel Battery: An early 20th-century coastal battery (Unpublished document). SKE17504.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Unpublished document: RCHME. 2000. The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 8: The Citadel Battery: An early 20th-century coastal battery. [Mapped feature: #92412 WWII Slit Trenches within the defences of the Citadel Battery, ] |
Related records
| TR 34 SW 887 | Part of: Citadel Battery, Dover Western Heights (Monument) |
