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Monument record TR 37 SE 1358 - Chain Home Low Station CHL03B, Foreness Point
Summary
Second World War Radar Station established by January 1940. the station was sited to provide warning of aircraft approaching the Thames Estuary and London. It played an important role in the defence system used during the Battle of Britain and was attacked on 15th August 1940. The site was more substantial than most radar stations, consisting of transmitter and receiver arrays, a transmitter and receiver hut, a power house and general hut but also a large underground structure amd an above ground structure camoflaged as a domestic house along with a 200 ft tower.
Location
Grid reference | Centred TR 3836 7140 (0m by 1m) |
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Map sheet | TR37SE |
Civil Parish | MARGATE, THANET, KENT |
County | KENT |
District | THANET, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
<1> Historic England, Pastscape: the website of the Historic England National Record of the Historic Environment, http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1477107 (Website). SKE31906.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SKE31906 Website: Historic England. Pastscape: the website of the Historic England National Record of the Historic Environment. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1477107.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (17)
- Parent of: Chain Home Low Station CHL03B air raid shelter, Foreness Point (Monument) (MKE125974)
- Parent of: Chain Home Low Station CHL03B barbed wire entanglement, Foreness Point (Monument) (MKE125958)
- Parent of: Chain Home Low Station CHL03B build, Foreness Point (Monument) (MKE125961)
- Parent of: Chain Home Low Station CHL03B buildings, Foreness Point (Monument) (MKE125962)
- Parent of: Chain Home Low Station CHL03B fences, Foreness Point (Monument) (MKE125959)
- Parent of: Chain Home Low Station CHL03B hut, Foreness Point (Monument) (MKE125948)
- Parent of: Chain Home Low Station CHL03B hut, Foreness Point (Monument) (MKE125950)
- Parent of: Chain Home Low Station CHL03B huts, Foreness Point (Monument) (MKE125949)
- Parent of: Chain Home Low Station CHL03B huts, Foreness Point (Monument) (MKE125951)
- Parent of: Chain Home Low Station CHL03B huts, Foreness Point (Monument) (TR 37 SE 1352)
- Parent of: Chain Home Low Station CHL03B pillbox, Foreness Point (Monument) (MKE125952)
- Parent of: Chain Home Low Station CHL03B pillbox, Foreness Point (Monument) (MKE125956)
- Parent of: Chain Home Low Station CHL03B pillbox, Foreness Point (Monument) (MKE125957)
- Parent of: Chain Home Low Station CHL03B transmitter/receiver block, Foreness Point (Monument) (TR 37 SE 1353)
- Parent of: Chain Home Low Station CHL03B weapons mounds, Foreness Point (Monument) (MKE125955)
- Parent of: Chain Home Low Station CHL03B weapons pits and slit trenches, Foreness Point (Monument) (MKE125954)
- Parent of: Slit trench and weapons pits, Foreness Point (Monument) (MKE125947)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Non-Intrusive Event: Historic England Thanet Landscape - Aerial Investigation Mapping (EKE23827)
Record last edited
Jan 9 2025 3:45PM