A possible Second World War battery is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and has been mapped as part of the South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment NMP. The battery is located within the sandy dunes of the Hythe Firing Ranges (Monument Number 1531850) south of Nickolls Quarry and comprises of a linear arrangement of seven irregular, circular banks, which may be the locations of light anti-aircraft guns. Two other similar possible battery sites are visible on the aerial photographs to the northeast (Monument Number 1532980; 1532982). Three Light Anti Aircraft Battery's have been recorded in documents (Source 2) within the Hythe Ranges (Monument Number 1478157, 1477681 and 1478161) but none of these were visible on the historical photographs at the given locations and no records coincide with those possible visible battery locations described above. It may be that the OS Grid References given in the documentary evidence are wrong and the Second World War batteries described in the records are actually those visible at TR 1341 3271, TR 1363 3289 (Monument Number 1532980) and TR 1377 3301(Monument Number 1532982). (1-2)

<1> RAF, 1946, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1112 3098-3099 12-JAN-1946 (Photograph). SWX23802.

<2> Dobinson, C., Operation Diver : England's Defence Against the Flying Bomb, June 1944-March 1945, pp 213, 222 (Monograph). SWX23707.