Monument record TR 36 SW 185 - Richborough Construction Camp

Summary

A camp built for the construction of Richborough Port, a major WWI port serving allied troops on the Western Front. The camp is 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.

Location

Grid reference TR 3309 6159 (point)
Map sheet TR36SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish ASH, DOVER, KENT

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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.

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  • <1> Bibliographic reference: Robert Butler. 01/01/99. Richborough Port.

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Record last edited

Mar 27 2013 1:38PM