Monument record TQ 77 SE 1490 - A water storage site with origins in the late nineteenth century

TQ 7543 7284. A water storage site with origins in the late nineteenth century, continuing in use during the Second World War. The site, located to the south of Chattenden Magazines at the edge of Round Top Wood, comprises several small water supply tanks, accompanied by a support building and three earth covered air raid shelters. It is served by a road or track from the North Terrace barracks. (1-2)

The western and central tanks were in place by 1896, when they were marked on the OS map as Reservoirs. A row of four small square tanks to the east was first shown on the OS map of 1909. (3-4)

<1> RAF, 1942, NMR RAF/HLA/617 6100 20-JUN-1942 (Photograph). SKE56049.

<2> RAF, 1947, NMR RAF/CPE/UK/1923 4084 16-JAN-1947 (Photograph). SKE56107.

<3> Ordinance Survey, 1896, Ordnance Survey: Kent Epoch 2, 1:2500 1896 (Map). SKE55862.

<4> Ordinance Survey, 1909, OS Map of Kent 1:2500 1909 (Map). SKE56013.