Monument record TR 34 SW 979 - Second World War Light Anti Aircraft battery, Dover Western Heights

Summary

This site is visible on aerial photographs taken throughout the 1940’s and includes six structures which can be seen inside a defended perimeter (probably of barbed wire) which together bear the hallmarks of a light AA battery, probably for a Bofors gun. These were, from the west, a sentry post, a small building, two Nissen huts, an open concrete pit and a gun emplacement. Its position on the north slope of the Heights meant that it would not see aircraft approaching from the sea so it may have been intended to target enemy aircraft flying east or west over the town, or returning from a sortie further inland (location accurate to the nearest 50m based on available information)

Location

Grid reference TR 3156 4127 (point) Estimated from sources
Map sheet TR34SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish DOVER, DOVER, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

<1> RCHME, 2001, The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 10: Miscellaneous Structures 1850-1945 (Unpublished document). SKE17506.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1>XY Unpublished document: RCHME. 2001. The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 10: Miscellaneous Structures 1850-1945. [Mapped feature: #63909 AA battery, ]

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (4)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Survey of the miscellaneous structures associated with Dover Western Heights fortress (EKE11883)

Record last edited

Jul 5 2018 3:51PM