On A256 road between its junction with the A253 road and the railway line, W of Ramsgate.Situation of roadblock [shown on German map of British defences]. (1)

The site of a Second World War roadblock constructed in mid 1940 to counter the threat of German Invasion. The roadblock was manned by 8th Kings Regiment and is recorded in the war diaries of 198 Infantry Brigade – Ref:156. (2)

Situation of roadblock [shown on German map of British defences]. On A256 road between its junction with the A253 road and the railway line, W of Ramsgate. (1)

The structural remains of the roadblock can be seen on wartime RAF aerial photographs and comprises anti-tank cubes (centred at TR 3556 6517) flanking the road immediately to the south of the railway crossing, between which a bar or obstacle could be seen blocking the road. From the crossroads of the A299 and A256 the road was lined with barbed wire obstructions and a single gun emplacement was situated on the north-eastern corner of the crossroads. A defended area or nodal point surronded on two sides sat within the triangle formed by the two roads and the railway line to the north. A single Pillbox (NRHE 1618053) was located within this, to the NW of the crossroads. No trace of any of these structures are believed to remain. (2-3)

Historic England archive material: DEB01 Defence of Britain This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate.Box files containing the record sheets gathered from participants in the Defence of Britain Project. The project recorded, with the help of volunteers, the remains of military structures in Britain. The collection is arranged by county and split between anti-invasion and non anti-invasion defences. The record sheets record the visible structures and include location details, structure type and purpose and include photographs.

<1> , Sheet (Blatt) 1/37 (Cartographic materials). SKE13157.

<2> 198 Infantry Brigade, 1940, War Diary 198 Infantry Brigade WO166/1051 October 1940 (Unpublished document). SKE31619.

<3> RAF, 1946, RAF 106G/UK/1131 4003 17-JAN-1946 (Photograph). SKE58472.

<4> RAF, 1942, RAF/HLA/386 910 02-JAN-1942 (Photograph). SKE58478.