Monument record TQ 87 NW 1199 - Second World War buildings and structures forming two separate nuclei to the north and north-west of Slough Fort, Allhallows-on-Sea

Summary

Second World War buildings and structures forming two separate nuclei to the north and north-west of Slough Fort, Allhallows-on-Sea. The buildings were linked by a network of support roads and the two groups linked by a single road runing along the coast just inside the coastal defence line. It is not clear from the high level RAF aerial photogaphs (taken in August 1945) what the sites represented, and the 1944 Luftwaffe map of Kent records them as "Installation of unknown type". They are almost certainly part of the extensive wartime defences concentrated along the Thames and Medway rivers, and could be associated with one of three recorded, but unlocated, Light Anti Aircraft Batteries (LAA) around Slogh Fort. These features were all mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project.

Location

Grid reference Centred TQ 8367 7867 (828m by 378m)
Map sheet TQ87NW
County KENT
Civil Parish ALLHALLOWS, MEDWAY, KENT
Unitary Authority MEDWAY

Map

Type and Period (4)

Full Description

<1> RAF, 1945, NMR RAF/106G/UK/682 2088 23-AUG-1945 (Photograph). SKE55867.

<2> RAF, 1945, NMR RAF/106G/UK/730 3040 26-AUG-1945 (Photograph). SKE57281.

<3> Historic England, Archive material (Archive). SKE57278.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Photograph: RAF. 1945. NMR RAF/106G/UK/682 2088 23-AUG-1945. NMR RAF/106G/UK/682 2088 23-AUG-1945.
  • <2> Photograph: RAF. 1945. NMR RAF/106G/UK/730 3040 26-AUG-1945. NMR RAF/106G/UK/730 3040 26-AUG-1945.
  • <3> Archive: Historic England. Archive material.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project NMP (EKE20812)

Record last edited

Nov 14 2024 11:07AM