Monument record TR 16 SW 98 - First and Second World War Rifle Range east of Church Wood, Blean
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TR 1190 6019 (point) |
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Map sheet | TR16SW |
County | KENT |
District | CANTERBURY, KENT |
Civil Parish | ST COSMUS AND ST DAMIAN IN THE BLEAN, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Full Description
This was a firing range aligned west-east in a field to the east of Church Wood, Blean. A freestanding brick wall still stands, just inside Church Wood, offset from large earth mound and borrow pit (representing firing positions) further east. The range was apparently built by First-World-War prisoners-of-war. The range may have been refurbished late in the Second World War. On 18 October 1943 a group assembled to discuss ‘the improvement of Blean Rifle Range, Canterbury’. It can be very clearly seen on post-Second World War aerial photographs.
Owner : Unknown
Publicly accessible : Unknown
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential :
Condition : good
Date of visit :
Michael Walter, Verbal Communication (Verbal communication). SKE15241.
Michael Walter, Verbal Communication (Verbal communication). Ske15241.
Canterbury Sub-District Headquarters, 01/01/43, War Diary Canterbury Sub-District 1943 (Unpublished document). SKE15242.
Canterbury Sub-District Headquarters, 01/01/43, War Diary Canterbury Sub-District 1943 (Unpublished document). Ske15242.
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SKE15241 Verbal communication: Michael Walter. Verbal Communication.
- --- SKE15241 Verbal communication: Michael Walter. Verbal Communication.
- --- SKE15242 Unpublished document: Canterbury Sub-District Headquarters. 01/01/43. War Diary Canterbury Sub-District 1943.
- --- SKE15242 Unpublished document: Canterbury Sub-District Headquarters. 01/01/43. War Diary Canterbury Sub-District 1943.
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Record last edited
Aug 4 2009 5:25AM