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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43449 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII Gun Pits, Great Farthingloe Anti-Aircraft Battery, west of Dover. |
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Summary
Three closely situated WWII gun pits within the Great Farthingloe Anti-Aircraft Battery, to the west of Dover.
| Grid Reference: | TR 29866 39979 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR23NE |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Three closely situated WWII gun pits within the Great Farthingloe Anti-Aircraft Battery. Positioned in between the heavy anti-aircraft guns and the accommodation camp, the gun pits are possibly constructed of sandbags and are certainly placed in a circular formation and possibly part of an early defence system. The gun pits all of a similar size, between 5.5m and 6m were first observed from RAF aerial photography and mapped from December 1941 [1].
The gun pit to the north was no longer evident by June 1942 [2]. The two other gun pits to the south were last observed in June1942 [3] and had been destroyed by August 1945 [4].
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photographs exists within a GIS layer held by this HER.
Related records
| MWX43443 | Part of: Great Farthingloe Anti-Aircraft Battery camp, Dover (Monument) |
