Monument record TR 23 NW 497 - Folkestone nodal point

Summary

During the Second World War British anti-invasion plans identified a number of places as 'nodal points' - places that would be defended in the event of invasion. Folkeston was one such place. It would have been defended by anti-tank ditches, pillboxes, road-bloacks and other obstructions.

Location

Grid reference TR 2332 3604 (point) Approximate
Map sheet TR23NW
Civil Parish FOLKESTONE, SHEPWAY, KENT
County KENT
District FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT

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Folkestone. Nodal point.

During the Second World War British anti-invasion plans identified a number of places as 'nodal points' - places that would be defended in the event of invasion. Folkestone was one such place. It would have been defended by anti-tank ditches, pillboxes, road-bloacks and other obstructions.


<1> War Office, 1941, 12 Corps Plan to Defeat Invasion (Unpublished document). SKE32030.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: War Office. 1941. 12 Corps Plan to Defeat Invasion.

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Feb 7 2017 3:17PM