Monument record TQ 66 NE 75 - World War Two RAF camp dispersed site for RAF Gravesend

Summary

The remains of a World War 2 complex that incorporates three extant bunkers as well as a series of concrete platforms. These features were recorded during a walkover survey in 2004. Two of the air raid shelters within the Country park boundary were fully recorded in 2010. Summary from record TQ 66 NE 196: Second World War dispersed accommodation camp of mainly single storey huts established in late 1940/1941 at Laughing Water at Shorne to remove personnel from the RAF airfield at Thong Lane where they were at greater risk of bombing. There was brief use of the site by the RAF in 1945 and afterwards use for accommodating the homeless. This ceased in 1954, the huts being removed and the site returned to nature. There are possible traces of the locations of huts and three surviving air raid shelters.

Location

Grid reference Centred TQ 6770 6978 (372m by 139m) Estimated from sources
Map sheet TQ66NE
County KENT
District GRAVESHAM, KENT
Civil Parish SHORNE, GRAVESHAM, KENT

Map

Type and Period (5)

Full Description

<1> Oxford Archaeology, 2005, Shorne Wood Country Park (Unpublished document). SWX12846.

<2> Victor Smith, 01/01/99, 'The Camps at Ashenbank Wood' in Historic Gravesham, 1999 (Bibliographic reference). Ske14070.

<3> Victor Smith, 2010, The RAF air raid shelters at The Square, Shorne Woods Country Park, Shorne, Near Gravesend, Kent: A survey and report (Unpublished document). SKE18115.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeology. 2005. Shorne Wood Country Park.
  • <2> Bibliographic reference: Victor Smith. 01/01/99. 'The Camps at Ashenbank Wood' in Historic Gravesham, 1999.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Victor Smith. 2010. The RAF air raid shelters at The Square, Shorne Woods Country Park, Shorne, Near Gravesend, Kent: A survey and report.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Desk based assessment and walkover survey: Randall Wood, Shorne (Ref: 3524) (EWX9130)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Survey of two air raid shelters, Shorne Woods Country Park (EKE12575)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Walkover Survey at Randall's Wood, Shorne (Ref: OA Job No. 4999) (EWX9123)

Record last edited

Feb 21 2020 2:57PM