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Monument record TQ 56 NW 122 - Fort Farningham
Summary
Fort Farningham formed part of a scheme implemented in the 1890s for the land defence of London against the possibility of a Continental invasion. The Farningham site, with its semi-circular rampart, was built in the form of an infantry redoubt and its design may have been influenced by the Twydall Profile as used in the northern sector of the Chatham ring fortress in 1885/6. As with most of the other permanent sites, this was both a defensive position and a store for the ammunition to be used in the line and for a reserve of tools needed by contractors to construct the fieldworks. The permanent sites were labelled ‘mobilisation centres’ in contemporary Parliamentary statements.
Location
Grid reference | Centred TQ 5330 6689 (148m by 179m) |
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Map sheet | TQ56NW |
County | KENT |
Civil Parish | FARNINGHAM, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
District | SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Full Description
English Heritage, 2001, Cold War Monuments: an assessment by the Monuments Protection Programme (Unpublished document). SKE17446.
<1> Palmerston Forts Society, 2000, The London Mobilisation Centres, Pages 27-29 (Monograph). SKE7544.
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Record last edited
Apr 24 2012 4:58PM