Monument record TQ 77 NE 41 - Anti aircraft battery, Marshgate, Cooling

Summary

Site of four three inch anti aircraft guns in a battery near Marshgate. This battery was situated at Marshgate north east of Cooling Castle. A straight track led from the village street to the guns. Accommodation and other buildings were positioned either side of this track close to the village street. The majority of these buildings had been demolished by 1946. By 1954 further buildings had been demolished and the gun emplacements and access track removed. The remaining structures have since been demolished. This battery was part of the Thames and Medway Gun Defended Area and is possibly the battery named Cooling with the number TS13, although the grid reference for this is circa 700m further east. Battery TS25 is also listed with the same easterly grid reference but may also refer to the Marshgate site. This battery was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. Some features are thought to survive.

Location

Grid reference Centred TQ 7579 7614 (148m by 259m) FCE
Map sheet TQ77NE
County KENT
Civil Parish CLIFFE AND CLIFFE WOODS, MEDWAY, KENT
Civil Parish COOLING, MEDWAY, KENT
Unitary Authority MEDWAY

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<1> RAF 540/496 F4173 (12-05-51) (OS Card Reference). SKE48949.

<1> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.

<1> 1974, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11075.

<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9446.

<2> 1974, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11074.

<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9423.

<3> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9830.

<4> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9835.

<5> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10019.

<6> historic england, 2014, Hoo Peninsula Outline Historic Area Assessment: Cooling Parish. Research Report 51-2014. (Bibliographic reference). SKE31592.

<7> English Heritage, 2013, Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project (Bibliographic reference). SKE31432.

<8> Historic England, 2012, National Mapping Programme survey: Hoo Peninsula (Digital archive). SKE32442.

Sources/Archives (12)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: RAF 540/496 F4173 (12-05-51).
  • <1> Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites.
  • <1> Photograph (Print): 1974. Photograph. TQ7476/4. print.
  • <2> Photograph (Print): 1974. Photograph. TQ7476/3. print.
  • <2> Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4064. print.
  • <3> Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3177. print.
  • <3> Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 3031. print.
  • <4> Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 3057. print.
  • <5>XY Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 2069. print. [Mapped feature: #125 AA battery, ]
  • <6> Bibliographic reference: historic england. 2014. Hoo Peninsula Outline Historic Area Assessment: Cooling Parish. Research Report 51-2014..
  • <7> Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2013. Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project.
  • <8> Digital archive: Historic England. 2012. National Mapping Programme survey: Hoo Peninsula.

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  • None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (5)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project NMP (EKE20812)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Hoo Peninsula Outline Historic Area Assessment: Cooling Parish. Research Report 2014-51 (Ref: Research Report Series 51-2014) (EKE15027)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project (Ref: Research Report Series no 21-2013) (EKE15020)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project (Ref: Research Report Series No. 21-2013) (EKE15021)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: RCHME: Kent Mapping Project (EKE20439)

Record last edited

Aug 11 2021 1:40PM