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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 77 NE 41 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Anti aircraft battery, Marshgate, Cooling |
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Summary
Site of four three inch anti aircraft guns in a battery near Marshgate. This battery was situated at Marshgate north east of Cooling Castle. A straight track led from the village street to the guns. Accommodation and other buildings were positioned either side of this track close to the village street. The majority of these buildings had been demolished by 1946. By 1954 further buildings had been demolished and the gun emplacements and access track removed. The remaining structures have since been demolished. This battery was part of the Thames and Medway Gun Defended Area and is possibly the battery named Cooling with the number TS13, although the grid reference for this is circa 700m further east. Battery TS25 is also listed with the same easterly grid reference but may also refer to the Marshgate site. This battery was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. Some features are thought to survive.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7579 7614 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ77NE |
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| Parish: | CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT |
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| COOLING, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Site of 4 x 3 in. AA guns, some possible features remain.(1)
Description from record TQ 77 NE 27:
Anti-aircraft battery, four gun positions visible with access road showing clearly (1). Site photographs (2-5).
Description from record TQ 77 NW 1023:
Site of WWII AA battery, photgraphs (1-3).
This feature is recorded in the English Heritage Historic Area Assessment of Cooling Parish. The report states: "As part of the Second World War defences an anti-aircraft battery was established to the north west of Marshgate Farm". (6)
Site of four three-inch anti aircraft guns in a battery near Marshgate. The site consisted of a gun site with a camp to the south, close to the road (7,8). Some features are thought to survive.
<1> RAF 540/496 F4173 (12-05-51) (OS Card Reference). SKE48949.
<1> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.
<1> 1974, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11075.
<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9446.
<2> 1974, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11074.
<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9423.
<3> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9830.
<4> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9835.
<5> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10019.
<6> historic england, 2014, Hoo Peninsula Outline Historic Area Assessment: Cooling Parish. Research Report 51-2014. (Bibliographic reference). SKE31592.
<7> English Heritage, 2013, Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project (Bibliographic reference). SKE31432.
<8> Historic England, 2012, National Mapping Programme survey: Hoo Peninsula (Digital archive). SKE32442.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: RAF 540/496 F4173 (12-05-51). |
| <1> | Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites. |
| <1> | Photograph (Print): 1974. Photograph. TQ7476/4. print. |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 1974. Photograph. TQ7476/3. print. |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4064. print. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3177. print. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 3031. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 3057. print. |
| <5>XY | Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 2069. print. [Mapped feature: #125 AA battery, ] |
| <6> | Bibliographic reference: historic england. 2014. Hoo Peninsula Outline Historic Area Assessment: Cooling Parish. Research Report 51-2014.. |
| <7> | Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2013. Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project. |
| <8> | Digital archive: Historic England. 2012. National Mapping Programme survey: Hoo Peninsula. |
