Monument record TR 34 SE 373 - Clem, Wanstone Battery

Wanstone No.1 Battery with 2 x 15in guns.No.1 Gun 15in coastal battery. Two large earth-protected magazine buildings visible for each emplacement. These magazines are in good condition, and the houses to the rear of them were originally connected to the workings of the battery. Western emplacement has been filled in, but survives, complete with attached machine house. Eastern emplacement has been removed, but the machine house remains at the field edge. [information from 1995 aerial photographs]. On cliffs E of Dover. (1-2)

Wanstone Battery located at TR 353 432. The battery was operational by summer 1942. It was armed with two 15-inch breech-loading guns. In January 1943 it was the first battery to receive Coast artillery radar in January 1943 (station B5). The battery was manned by 302 Battery of 540 Coast Regiment until it was reduced to care and maintenance by February 1945.
No. 1 gun emplacement was located at TR 3517 4321 and No. 2 gun at TR 3549 4338. The position finder (PF) was situated at TR 3578 4314 and the radar (B5) at TR 3604 4324. (3-4)

Aerial photography from 1995 shows the extant remains of 15-inch battery with two large, earth-protected magazine buildings visible for each earlier emplacement. These magazines are in good condition and the houses to the rear of these were originally connected to the workings of the battery. The western emplacement has been filled in but survives complete, with attached magazine house. Eastern emplacement has been removed, but the magazine house remains at the field edge. (5)

Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey : This site is on private property and needs the owners permission to be visited.
Tourism Potential : Yes
Condition : poor
Date of visit : 16/06/07
Owner :
Publicly accessible :
How accessed for survey :
Tourism Potential :
Condition : poor
Date of visit : 16/06/07

<1> Verbal Communication (Verbal communication). SKE14127.

<2> Council for British Archaeology, 2002, Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). SKE32029.

<3> Dobinson, C., 2000, Twentieth century fortifications in England. Volume 6.1. Coast Artillery, 1900-1956 (Monograph). SWX23710.

<4-5> Dobinson, C., 2000, Twentieth century fortifications in England. Volume 6.2. Coast Artillery, 1900-1956 (Monograph). SWX23711.