Monument record TR 01 NE 7 - Dungeness No. 1 Battery

Summary

A coastal battery or small fort built in 1798, and modified in 1860. Although disused by the end of the 19th century, it was anecdotally reoccupied in World War II. This area was surveyed from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project. Two WWII period nissen huts were visible on the south-eastern side of the battery on aerial photographs of 1946. These huts may be associated with the possible re-use of the battery during the Second World War. They had been removed by the time of the next available vertical aerial photographs of 1962.

Location

Grid reference TR 08875 18634 (point) Centred
Map sheet TR01NE
County KENT
District FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT
Civil Parish LYDD, SHEPWAY, KENT

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<1> Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date) (Unspecified Type). SWX23655.

<1> OS 1:2500 1977 (OS Card Reference). SKE48220.

<2> Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 1977 37 (D Bennett) (OS Card Reference). SKE43678.

<3> Fortress Study Group, Fort : the international journal of fortification and military architecture, 16, 1988 pp 85-6 (Serial). SWX23586.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1905-10, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912, 1908/1:2500 (Map). SWX11833.

<4> Kent's Defence Heritage (Unspecified Type). SWX23592.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 2009, OS MasterMap, 2009/MasterMap (Cartographic materials). SWX15710.

<5> Vertical aerial photograph reference number (Unspecified Type). SWX23824.

<6> 1962, NMR MAL/62513 97949-97950 11-APR-1962 (Photograph). SWX23769.

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  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 1:2500 1977.
  • <1> (No record type): Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date).
  • <2>XY OS Card Reference: Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 1977 37 (D Bennett). [Mapped feature: #37095 Battery, ]
  • <3> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1905-10. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 3rd edition: 1901-1912. 1:2500. 1908/1:2500.
  • <3> Serial: Fortress Study Group. Fort : the international journal of fortification and military architecture. 16, 1988 pp 85-6.
  • <4> Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 2009. OS MasterMap. 2009/MasterMap.
  • <4> (No record type): Kent's Defence Heritage.
  • <5> (No record type): Vertical aerial photograph reference number.
  • <6> Photograph: 1962. NMR MAL/62513 97949-97950 11-APR-1962.

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Ref: 71330) (EWX10072)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Ref: 71330) (EWX10073)

Record last edited

Nov 1 2021 5:10PM