Monument record MWX43508 - WWII Machine Gun Post
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TR 34721 42756 (7m by 6m) |
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Map sheet | TR34SW |
County | KENT |
District | DOVER, KENT |
Civil Parish | ST MARGARET’S AT CLIFFE, DOVER, KENT |
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Full Description
Circular gun emplacement or machine gun position situated in close proximity to a number of World War Two features and structures at Swingate and 200m north of Langdon Cliffs East Dover. Four closely spaced sub-circular embankments measuring between 8m and 9m in diameter were positioned extremely close in December 1945 photographs from which this feature was mapped [1].
The gun position itself was approximately 5.2m wide from outer wall to outer wall and possibly built of sandbags.
A line of barbed wire ran from south west to north east enclosing a much large military complex on Langdon Cliffs [3]. This barbed wire was fragmented but still in a similar position in December 1945 [1]. The gun position was demolished between August 1954 [2] and August 1968 [3].
Type 24 Pillbox situated in close proximity to a number of World War Two features and structures at Swingate and 200m north of Langdon Cliffs East Dover. Four closely spaced sub-circular embankments measuring between 8m and 9m in diameter were positioned extremely close in photographs when the Pillbox was mapped in December 1945 [1], these embankments may have been used to house munitions or expelled cartridges from the Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery on St Margaret's-at-Cliffe Mke19901.
However the Pillbox was not observed in aerial photography from December 1941, but a sub-circular embankment was positioned in the exact place the Type 24 pillbox was to later stand [2].
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photographs exists within a GIS layer held by this HER.
was NMR RAF/106G/UK/1087 4157-4158 20-DEC-1945. NMR RAF/HLA/373 981-982 11-DEC-1941
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Related Events/Activities (1)
- Non-Intrusive Event: South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Ref: 71330) (EWX10065)
Record last edited
Aug 23 2013 1:35PM