Monument record TQ 67 SE 1152 - Shornemead Fort Coast Artillery Searchlights, Shorne Marshes

Summary

Pair of c. 1900 defence electric lights in concrete housings about 25 m apart, on the riverbank some 75 m. NW of Shornemead Fort. The lights were sited to provide illumination for the boom defence battery some 200 m. east of the fort. They might have continued to assist the Second World War emergency battery east of the fort as they are shown in an aerial photograph of 1946. Subsequently demolished, they could have been a casualty of improvement works to the river flood defence bank in c.1949.

Location

Grid reference Centred TQ 6911 7481 (30m by 0m) (2 map features)
Map sheet TQ67SE
County KENT
District GRAVESHAM, KENT
Civil Parish SHORNE, GRAVESHAM, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

War Office, 01/09/30, Shornemead Fort (Map). SKE14017.

War Office, 01/09/30, Shornemead Fort (Map). Ske14017.

War Office, 12/02/1897, Minefield Battery at Shornemead Fort (Map). SKE14016.

War Office, 12/02/1897, Minefield Battery at Shornemead Fort (Map). Ske14016.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Map: War Office. 12/02/1897. Minefield Battery at Shornemead Fort.
  • --- Map: War Office. 12/02/1897. Minefield Battery at Shornemead Fort.
  • --- Map: War Office. 01/09/30. Shornemead Fort.
  • --- Map: War Office. 01/09/30. Shornemead Fort.

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Record last edited

Oct 23 2017 4:21PM