Second World War Defended Locality DL23, centred on the junction of the Watling Street and Wrotham Road, Gravesend. It consisted of an array of weapon pits sited to oppose enemy traffic along the Watling Street and crossing it, north, along Wrotham Road. The garrison was 109 Home Guard (with a reserve of 23), armed with 69 rifles, 9 Browning Automatic Rifles, 2 Northover Projectors and 4 tank guns. Decommissioning would have taken place by early in 1944. Nothing of this Defended Locality remains.
Owner : Unknown
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey : There is nothing of the defended Locality to be seen.
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Colonel, Gravesend Sub-Area, 01/09/41, Gravesend Sub-Area - Plan to Defeat Invasion (Unpublished document). SKE13832.

Colonel, Gravesend Sub-Area, 01/09/41, Gravesend Sub-Area - Plan to Defeat Invasion (Unpublished document). Ske13832.