TQ 67 SE 1209 - Denton Heavy anti aircraft battery, Mark Lane, Denton, Gravesend, Kent

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Monument record TQ 67 SE 1209 - Denton Heavy anti aircraft battery, Mark Lane, Denton, Gravesend, Kent

Summary

Second World War heavy anti aircraft battery for 4 x 4.5-in. guns in a field south of the North Kent railway and east of Mark Lane at Denton, Gravesend. It formed part of the Thames South grouping of anti-aircraft gun defences. Built in 1938, it consisted of four standard octagonal concrete emplacements arranged on the points of an imaginary trapezium, to which was centred a rectangular concrete command post, having both surface and contained operational elements. The domestic site appears to have been about 100m NE of the battery. Decommissioned in 1945, it became derelict and the last remnants were removed in c. 1985. Summary from record TQ 67 SE 224: Anti aircraft defences

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Grid reference	Centred TQ 6640 7391 (267m by 223m) (81 map features)
Map sheet	TQ67SE
Civil Parish	GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT
County	KENT
District	GRAVESHAM, KENT

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ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY (Destroyed 1985, Modern - 1938 AD? to 1945 AD?)

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Council for British Archaeology, 01/01/96, Twntieth century Fortifications in England Vol. I.1 Anti-Aircraft Artillery, 1914-46 (Bibliographic reference). SKE14025.

Council for British Archaeology, 01/01/96, Twntieth century Fortifications in England Vol. I.1 Anti-Aircraft Artillery, 1914-46 (Bibliographic reference). Ske14025.

<1> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.

<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9418.

<3> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9431.

<4> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9469.

<5> 1940, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9992.

<6> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10016.

<7> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10064.

<8> 1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10116.

<9> 1940, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10127.

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--- SKE14025 Bibliographic reference: Council for British Archaeology. 01/01/96. Twntieth century Fortifications in England Vol. I.1 Anti-Aircraft Artillery, 1914-46.
--- SKE14025 Bibliographic reference: Council for British Archaeology. 01/01/96. Twntieth century Fortifications in England Vol. I.1 Anti-Aircraft Artillery, 1914-46.
<1> SKE6445 Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites.
<2> SWX9418 Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3100. print.
<3> SWX9431 Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4101. print.
<4> SWX9469 Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4021. print.
<5> SWX9992 Photograph (Print): 1940. Photograph. 1795. print.
<6> SWX10016 Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 4019. print.
<7> SWX10064 Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 3025. print.
<8> SWX10116 Photograph (Print): 1941. Photograph. 2059. print.
<9> SWX10127 Photograph (Print): 1940. Photograph. 1798. print.

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Record last edited

Oct 13 2017 11:22AM