Monument record TR 37 SE 1357 - Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery North Foreland F2

Summary

Site of Second World War heavy anti aircraft battery at North Foreland Golf Course, Kingsgate. It was unarmed in 1942. The Anti-Aircraft gun is shown on 11.1940 map. Associated radial arrangement of accommodation huts visible in 1946 aerial.

Location

Grid reference TR 3931 7070 (point)
Map sheet TR37SE
County KENT
District THANET, KENT
Civil Parish BROADSTAIRS AND ST PETERS, THANET, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Anti-Aircraft gun shown on 11.1940 map. Associated radial arrangement of accommodation huts visible in 1946 aerial. No visible surface trace but site undisturbed on golf course. (1)

Site of Second World War heavy anti aircraft battery at North Foreland Golf Course, Kingsgate. It was unarmed in 1942. (2)


<1> 1940, Aerial reconnaissance map created by the Luftwaffe (Germain Air Force) in 1940 (Map). SKE31323.

<2> Dobinson, C, 1996, Twentieth century fortifications in England, volume 1. Anti-aircraft artillery : England's air defence gunsites, 1914-46 (Monograph). SWX23706.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Map: 1940. Aerial reconnaissance map created by the Luftwaffe (Germain Air Force) in 1940.
  • <2> Monograph: Dobinson, C. 1996. Twentieth century fortifications in England, volume 1. Anti-aircraft artillery : England's air defence gunsites, 1914-46.

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Record last edited

Jan 21 2026 4:48PM