Monument record TQ 66 NW 113 - Nurstead Court Second World War balloon barrage site
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 6382 6855 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ66NW |
County | KENT |
District | GRAVESHAM, KENT |
Civil Parish | MEOPHAM, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Full Description
Second World War balloon barrage site in a field 200m west of Nurstead Court, near Meopham. It formed part of a belt of barrage balloons established as part of the ground-based anti-aircraft defences. Its dates of origin and removal are unknown. There are no traces of ground tethering fixtures.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey : No longer extant and on private farmland
Tourism Potential : None
Condition : Destroyed
Date of visit : 09/02/06
Meopham Historical Society, 30/09/05, Recollections of the older members of the Meopham Historical Society (Miscellaneous Material). SKE13907.
Meopham Historical Society, 30/09/05, Recollections of the older members of the Meopham Historical Society (Miscellaneous Material). Ske13907.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Mar 25 2009 1:13PM