Monument record TQ 67 SE 1233 - Second World War Operation Overlord concrete road, Shorne Marshes, Shorne, near Gravesend, Kent

Second World War concrete road on north-south axis across Shorne Marshes connecting the Operation Overlord embarkation hard on the riverbank in front of Shornemead Fort (NGR 569175.174810) via the railway level crossing to the south (NGR569465.173665) with the road network of the hinterland. It is a single-track road about 4 m. wide. There are several passing places along its length. Laid probably in late 1943 and continues in use as a footpath.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : Yes
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential : None it itself but is part of walking access to a potential toursim site at Shornemead Fort
Condition : moderate
Date of visit : 01/09/07

A concrete road constructed during the Second World War to serve the D-Day embarkation hard at Shornemead Fort. The road extends north from the railway, and extension of Queen's Farm Road, extending across Shorne Marshes, curving around the rear of the fort to the river bank, a total of 1.4km in length.

These features were all mapped from historic RAF aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project.
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Council for British Archaeology, 01/01/96, Twentieth Century Fortifications in England, Vol. V. Operation Overlord (Bibliographic reference). SKE14075.

Council for British Archaeology, 01/01/96, Twentieth Century Fortifications in England, Vol. V. Operation Overlord (Bibliographic reference). Ske14075.

<1> RAF, 1953, RAF 540/1020 0169 05-FEB-1953 (Photograph). SKE58414.