Monument record TR 23 NW 563 - Site of anti-tank pimples, Capel-le-Ferne

Summary

Site of a band of anti-tank pimples which ran through the village.

Location

Grid reference TR 2496 3866 (point)
Map sheet TR23NW
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish CAPEL-LE-FERNE, DOVER, KENT

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Full Description

Site of a large zigzagging band of World War Two anti-tank pimples at least five rows deep in Capel-le-Ferne, a continuation of the anti-tank stopline that ran inland from the cliff top to the south. It ran from the end of the anti-tank ditch just north of New Dover Road, along what is now Clarence Road, north west along Alexandra Road and then north east along Victoria Road, stopping before Lancaster Avenue, a total of c 244m.. The stopline was continued by larger concrete blocks north westwards from this point. Visible on aerial photographs of 1946 (Photo Ref: 106g 30th April 1946 3436). No apparent trace visible on modern images but site not visited.

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Record last edited

Sep 27 2018 10:14AM