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Monument details

HER Number:TR 34 SW 561
Type of record:Monument
Name:Two Military water reservoirs, Dover

Summary

Two military water reservoirs.


Grid Reference:TR 3370 4245
Map Sheet:TR34SW
Parish:ST MARGARET’S AT CLIFFE, DOVER, KENT

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Two grass covered rectangular mounds lying in the arable field to the north of the perimeter fence of Langdon Battery. They are 9m long by 4m and 3m wide respectively. A space of 4m lies between them. A square blockhouse was located in this gap at the northern end but has now been removed. The reservoirs provided water for the War Dept and the Admiralty (1)


<1> Nicola Bannister, 1999, Langdon Cliffs Survey (Unpublished document). SKE6595.

<4> Google Earth, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 31-DEC-2003 ACCESSED 01-SEPT-2010 (Graphic material). SWX15704.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Unpublished document: Nicola Bannister. 1999. Langdon Cliffs Survey.
<4>Graphic material: Google Earth. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 31-DEC-2003 ACCESSED 01-SEPT-2010.