Monument record TQ 57 NW 54 - First World War explosive stores, Joyce Green Airfield, Dartford

Summary

First World War explosive stores, Joyce Green Airfield

Location

Grid reference TQ 5378 7579 (point) FCE
Map sheet TQ57NW
County KENT
District DARTFORD, KENT
Civil Parish DARTFORD, DARTFORD, KENT

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Two rectangular and buttressed concrete structures with traversed entrances. Still standing but with some evidence of structural failure (1), site photographs (2-10). A munitions store? There is an identical building to the east. (11)

September 2018: "the site started as a Vickers Airfield for the planes they were building in Crayford. There are (were) bunkers visible from the path. The structures were over 100 years old and were where Vickers was making their version ‘toffee apple’ bombs."


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

<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9411.

<3> 1945, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9696.

<4> 1945, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9700.

<5> 1945, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9714.

<6> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9772.

<7> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9787.

<8> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10045.

<9> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10052.

<10> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10055.

<11> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.

Sources/Archives (11)

  • <1> Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites.
  • <2> Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3077. print.
  • <3> Photograph (Print): 1945. Photograph. 6041. print.
  • <4> Photograph (Print): 1945. Photograph. 6113. print.
  • <5> Photograph (Print): 1945. Photograph. 3099. print.
  • <6> Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 6160. print.
  • <7> Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 5018. print.
  • <8> Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 4135. print.
  • <9> Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 3219. print.
  • <10> Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 4270. print.
  • <11> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report.

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Survey, North Kent Coastal Zone: Phase ll, Year Two (Ref: 56751) (EWX8626)

Record last edited

Sep 10 2018 1:37PM