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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 2109 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII Slit trenches associated with the former site of an Anti Aircraft Battery, Western Heights, Dover |
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Summary
The site of an Anti Aircraft Battery is visible on aerial photographs from the 1940’s, today little of the battery is visible but a number of WWII slit trenches or weapons pits are present, cut into the glacis for local ground defence. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3157 4125 |
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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 - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)
- WEAPONS PIT (Disused, Modern - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)
Full description
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Summarised from report:
The site of an Anti Aircraft Battery is visible on aerial photographs from the 1940’s, today little of the battery is visible but a number of WWII slit trenches or weapons pits are present, cut into the glacis for local ground defence.(1)
<1> RCHME, 2001, The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 10: Miscellaneous Structures 1850-1945 (Unpublished document). SKE17506.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Unpublished document: RCHME. 2001. The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 10: Miscellaneous Structures 1850-1945. [Mapped feature: #92866 Slit trenches, ] |
Related records
| TR 34 SW 979 | Part of: Second World War Light Anti Aircraft battery, Dover Western Heights (Monument) |
