Monument record TR 36 SW 185 - Richborough Construction Camp
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TR 3309 6159 (point) |
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Map sheet | TR36SW |
County | KENT |
District | DOVER, KENT |
Civil Parish | ASH, DOVER, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
A camp built for the construction of Richborough Port (MWX43487), a major WWI port serving allied troops on the Western Front [1]. It is not clear what the components of this facility were, but they are likely to have been fairly temporary in nature and have included accommodation, perhaps tented or hutted, for the workers who built the port. The facility appears to have been removed by WWII and RAF vertical aerial photography from the 1940s shows this area as grassed over and devoid of buildings [2-3]. There are several areas where a network of faint linear marks are visible in the grass which are probably derived from buildings or structures associated with the depots [2-3].
<1> Robert Butler, 01/01/99, Richborough Port (Bibliographic reference). SKE14161.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SKE14161 Bibliographic reference: Robert Butler. 01/01/99. Richborough Port.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (16)
- Parent of: Block and Pile Yards, Richborough Port (Monument) (TR 36 SW 190)
- Parent of: Haig Camp, Richborough Port (Monument) (TR 35 NW 661)
- Parent of: Headquarters, Richborough Port (Monument) (TR 35 NW 672)
- Parent of: Kitchener Camp, Richborough Port (Monument) (TR 35 NW 660)
- Parent of: Richborough QMAAC (Monument) (TR 35 NW 671)
- Parent of: Robertson Camp, Richborough Port (Monument) (TR 36 SW 191)
- Parent of: Shipyard No 1, Richborough Port (Monument) (TR 35 NW 658)
- Parent of: Stonar Camp, Richborough Port (Monument) (TR 35 NW 670)
- Parent of: Stores Yard, Richborough Port (Monument) (TR 36 SW 196)
- Parent of: Stores, Richborough Port (Monument) (TR 35 NW 669)
- Parent of: Train Ferry Dock, Richborough Port (Monument) (TR 36 SW 197)
- Part of: New Wharf, Richborough Port (Monument) (TR 36 SW 187)
- Part of: RAF Salvage Yard, Richborough Port (Monument) (TR 36 SW 194)
- Part of: Richborough Salvage Dump (Monument) (TR 36 SW 188)
- Part of: Richborough Stores Depot (Monument) (TR 36 SW 189)
- Part of: Site of Richborough Port station (uncertain location), Minster parish (Monument) (TR 36 SW 90)
Related Events/Activities (0)
Record last edited
Mar 27 2013 1:38PM