Monument record TR 23 NE 225 - Site of No. 1 gun, Hougham Battery

Summary

During the Second World War a coastal artillery battery was built at Hougham. No. 1 gun was a 8 inch gun. The gun was dual purpose being both for anti-aircraft and coastal artillery purposes. The site today consists of the life shaft that connected the back of the gun emplacement to the magazines beneath. More of the site probably survives beneath the dumped spoil from the Channel Tunnel excavations.

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Grid reference TR 2905 3945 (point)
Map sheet TR23NE
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish DOVER, DOVER, KENT

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<1> John A. Guy, 2013-, Verbal communication from John Guy, defence expert working in the Dover area (Verbal communication). SKE24831.

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  • <1> Verbal communication: John A. Guy. 2013-. Verbal communication from John Guy, defence expert working in the Dover area.

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Record last edited

Apr 22 2022 10:29AM