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Building record TQ 57 SE 146 - Green Street Green Anti-Aircraft site
Summary
This site is on the east side of Sandbanks Hill at Green Street Green and originated around 1939/40. It was designated S18 and formed part of the Thames and Medway Gun Defended Area.
In April 1940 it was listed as a practice camp armed with 2 old pattern 3-in. guns. It subsequently received 4 x 3.7-in. guns. Official documentation may suggest that it was disarmed from at least as early as May, 1942 but eyewitness reports affirm that this was not the case and that it continued in use for a longer period, being rearmed with heavier 4.5-in. guns and gaining two further gun emplacements.
Second World War heavy anti-aircraft battery (S18) at Warrigal Farm, Green Street Green, nr Dartford. Built by 1940 with 4 (later 6 emplacements) around a command post These remain, with magazines, a battery road and traces of the domestic area. The date of decommissioning is not known but was no earlier than 1945. It is currently in use as a riding school and stable.
Location
Grid reference | TQ 59039 70791 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ57SE |
County | KENT |
District | DARTFORD, KENT |
Civil Parish | DARENTH, DARTFORD, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
<1> Victor Smith and Andrew Saunders, 2001, Kent's Defence Heritage (Unpublished document). SKE6956.
<2> Andrew Saunders and Victor Smith (Kent County Council), 01/01/2000, Kent's Defence Heritage, site report KD85 (Bibliographic reference). SKE24121.
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Record last edited
Jun 10 2013 4:07PM