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2 x 6in emergency coastal battery. 2 gun houses plus machine gun posts on c.19th cent. Redoubt.
(Source: Field Visit 1999/02)
Emergency battery within 19th century redoubt. Intact gun emplacements and other components clearly visible. BOP on sea wall immediately to W of redoubt (12803191). [information from 1982 aerial photographs].
(Source: Report 2000/05)
Official Name | Dymchurch Redoubt |
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Type of site | EMERGENCY COAST DEFENCE BATTERY |
Location | Mid-way between Dymchurch and Hythe, W end of Hythe Range. |
Area |
Dymchurch, Kent, England |
Grid reference |
TR 129 321
(Scale: 1:25000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Burridge, David (Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
Kent coast defences - Defences of the Kent coastal crust and immediate hinterland. |
Photographs |
(10) - site views: 6 photocopies and 4 prints (1 DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0007362 |
Reference |
1997 Kent 2000/05 World War Two Coastal Batteries |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1939 1940 Field Visit, During 1999/02 |