Building record TR 35 NW 173 - Former RAF Sandwich Radar Station

Summary

The site of a Ground Controlled Interception (GCI) radar station at Sandwich. Sandwich operated initially as a Transportable station and was upgraded in 1943 to a Final station. The station was extended during the late 1940s and remained operational until the early 1950s when it was superseded by RAF Ash. The surviving field remains, including a modified watime 'Happidrome' (operations room), floor slabs and radar plinths, provide a good example of the evolution of a wartime radar station to meet post-war needs.

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Grid reference TR 3213 5859 (point)
Map sheet TR35NW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish SANDWICH, DOVER, KENT

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English Heritage, 2001, Cold War Monuments: an assessment by the Monuments Protection Programme (Unpublished document). SKE17446.

<1> English Heritage, 1998, RAF Sandwich, Kent: Survey Report (Unpublished document). SKE17308.

<2> English Heritage, Richborough Environs Project, Kent: Report on the Aerial Photographic Transcription and Analysis (Unpublished document). SWX15714.

<2> English Heritage, Richborough Environs Project, Kent: Report on the Aerial Photographic Transcription and Analysis (Unpublished document). SWX15714.

<5> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.

<5> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.

<5> Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE25954.

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  • --- Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001. Cold War Monuments: an assessment by the Monuments Protection Programme.
  • <1> Unpublished document: English Heritage. 1998. RAF Sandwich, Kent: Survey Report.
  • <2> Unpublished document: English Heritage. Richborough Environs Project, Kent: Report on the Aerial Photographic Transcription and Analysis.
  • <2> Unpublished document: English Heritage. Richborough Environs Project, Kent: Report on the Aerial Photographic Transcription and Analysis.
  • <5> Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping.
  • <5> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report.
  • <5> Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions.

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Desk based assessment of RAF Sandwich (EKE11574)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Richborough Environs Project: Aerial Photography Analysis (Ref: AER/12/2002) (EWX10068)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Ref: 71330) (EWX10065)

Record last edited

Feb 4 2016 2:53PM