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Monument details
HER Number: | TR 23 NW 250 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Remains of Fighter Dispersal Pens, Near Killing Wood, Hawkinge Airfield |
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Summary
Three dispersal pens were located against the northern side of Killing Wood. Of the three only the area of eastern and middle pens survive now. Nothing remains of the blast walls seperating each pen or it seems the concrete bases.
Grid Reference: | TR 21779 39316 |
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Map Sheet: | TR23NW |
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Parish: | HAWKINGE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- DISPERSAL (Abandoned 1961?, Modern - 1939 AD? to 2050 AD? (between))
Full description
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Three dispersal pens were located against the northern side of Killing Wood. Of the three only the area of eastern and middle pens survive now. Nothing remains of the blast walls seperating each pen or it seems the concrete bases.(1-3)
<1> Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders, 2001, Kent's Defence Heritage (Unpublished document). SKE6956.
<2> Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders, 2001, Kent's Defence Heritage (Unpublished document). SKE6956.
<3> English Heritage, 2001, Hawkinge WWII airfield defences report (Unpublished document). SKE7937.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <1> | Unpublished document: Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders. 2001. Kent's Defence Heritage. |
<2> | Unpublished document: Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders. 2001. Kent's Defence Heritage. |
<3> | Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001. Hawkinge WWII airfield defences report. |
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