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Monument details

HER Number:TR 36 SW 189
Type of record:Monument
Name:Richborough Stores Depot

Summary

A stores depot built as part of Richborough Port, a major WWI port serving Allied troops on the Western Front. The facility appears to have been removed by WWII and there are no features that appear to be associated with the depot visible in this area on vertical aerial photography from the 1940s.


Grid Reference:TR 3306 6202
Map Sheet:TR36SW
Parish:ASH, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

Full description

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A stores depot built as part of Richborough Port (MWX43487), a major WWI port serving Allied troops on the Western Front [1]. It is not clear what the components of this facility were and whether there were any associated permanent structures. The facility appears to have been removed by WWII and there are no features that appear to be associated with the depot visible in this area on RAF vertical aerial photography from the 1940s [2].


Robert Butler, 01/01/99, Richborough Port (Bibliographic reference). SKE14163.

<1> Robert Butler, 01/01/99, Richborough Port (Bibliographic reference). Ske14163.

Sources and further reading

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---Bibliographic reference: Robert Butler. 01/01/99. Richborough Port.
<1>Bibliographic reference: Robert Butler. 01/01/99. Richborough Port.

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