Monument record TQ 67 SE 1190 - Ordnance Road Second World War Defended Locality, Gravesend

Summary

Second World War Defended Locality DL27, centred on Ordnance Road, Gravesend. It was part of the anti-invasion defences and probably originated in 1940. The nature of the defences is unknown. It would have been decommissioned by early 1944. There are no traces remaining.

Location

Grid reference TQ 6519 7399 (point)
Map sheet TQ67SE
Civil Parish GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT
County KENT
District GRAVESHAM, KENT

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Full Description

Second World War Defended Locality DL27, centred on Ordnance Road, Gravesend. It was part of the anti-invasion defences and probably originated in 1940. The nature of the defences is unknown but there was a garrison of 30 Home Guard with 20 rifles and 2 Browning Automatic Rifles. It would have been decommissioned by early in 1944. There are no traces of the defences remaining.
Owner : Unknown
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey : Nothing of the defended Locality has survived.
Tourism Potential : None
Condition : Destroyed
Date of visit : 04/01/06


Colonel, Gravesend Sub-Area, 01/09/41, Gravesend Sub-Area - Plan to Defeat Invasion (Unpublished document). SKE13831.

Colonel, Gravesend Sub-Area, 01/09/41, Gravesend Sub-Area - Plan to Defeat Invasion (Unpublished document). Ske13831.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Unpublished document: Colonel, Gravesend Sub-Area. 01/09/41. Gravesend Sub-Area - Plan to Defeat Invasion.
  • --- Unpublished document: Colonel, Gravesend Sub-Area. 01/09/41. Gravesend Sub-Area - Plan to Defeat Invasion.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 31 2009 4:25AM