Second World War light anti-aircraft battery VG2 in a field east of Thong Lane, Nr. Gravesend. One of four batteries which appear to have been sited for the defence of RAF Gravesend. It cosisted of a quad gun for 4 Vickers machine guns and a Lewis gun. These were in position by May, 1942, but probably originated earlier. The weapons were probably sited in sandbagged pits. The date of removal is unknown.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey : The battery is no longer extant but its former location is within the public area of Gravesham Borough Council's Cascades Leisure Centre, on the RAF Gravesend airfield site
Tourism Potential : None
Condition : Destroyed
Date of visit : 18/01/06

Council for British Archaeology, 01/01/96, Twentieth Century Fortificatrions in England, Vol. 1.4 - antiaircraft artillery 1914-46 (Bibliographic reference). SKE13900.

Council for British Archaeology, 01/01/96, Twentieth Century Fortificatrions in England, Vol. 1.4 - antiaircraft artillery 1914-46 (Bibliographic reference). Ske13900.