Monument record TR 34 SW 541 - Dumpy 'B' tunnel entrance

Summary

Dumpy 'B' tunnel entrance

Location

Grid reference TR 3414 4260 (point)
Map sheet TR34SW
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish ST MARGARET’S AT CLIFFE, DOVER, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Reputed to be the Reserve Central Command HQ. Evidently dug as an alternative position to Dumpy 'A' beneath the Casemates at Dover Castle. The tunnels comprise a main entrance, with a secondary entrance to the east. Map ref for main entrance is TR342426. A re-survey was made on 14/9/81 and the buildings demolished and covered with topsoil. No indications of entrances remain (Dover Tunnels). No traces of the tunnel entrances were found during this survey, though an area of entangled wire and concrete lies against the field edge at TR34164258 (1)


<1> Nicola Bannister, 1999, Langdon Cliffs Survey (Unpublished document). SKE6595.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Nicola Bannister. 1999. Langdon Cliffs Survey.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Langdon Cliffs Historic Landscape Survey (EKE4862)

Record last edited

Jan 27 2012 4:31PM