Monument record TQ 67 SE 1177 - Echo Square Second World War Defended Locality, Gravesend

Summary

Second World War Defended Locality DL26 at Echo Square, Gravesend. This anti-invasion defence, probably established by 1940, was centred on a key intersection of 5 roads. It would have been decommissioned by early in 1944. There are no known survivals.

Location

Grid reference TQ 6509 7290 (point)
Map sheet TQ67SE
Civil Parish GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT
County KENT
District GRAVESHAM, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Colonel, Gravesend Sub-Area, 01/09/41, Gravesend Sub-Area - Plan to Defeat Invasion (Unpublished document). SKE13835.

Colonel, Gravesend Sub-Area, 01/09/41, Gravesend Sub-Area - Plan to Defeat Invasion (Unpublished document). Ske13835.

Smith, V.T.C., 05/04/06, Echo Square Defended Location (Photograph). SKE13864.

Smith, V.T.C., 05/04/06, Echo Square Defended Location (Photograph). Ske13864.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Unpublished document: Colonel, Gravesend Sub-Area. 01/09/41.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  • --- Unpublished document: Colonel, Gravesend Sub-Area. 01/09/41.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.
  • --- Photograph: Smith, V.T.C.. 05/04/06. Echo Square Defended Location.
  • --- Photograph: Smith, V.T.C.. 05/04/06. Echo Square Defended Location.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jul 31 2009 4:26AM