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Battery of 3 (2 from 1920s) 9.2in guns. Remains of battery command post (partially demolished) behind battery. Some remains of metal gun floors. Magazines filled in in 1990. Pillboxes each end, and behind, battery.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/04/14)
Coastal battery. Emplacements for 2 x 9.2in guns survive. The emplacements are in a reasonable condition. Four small, rectilinear ancillary buildings can be seen in the immediate area of the battery. Some of the original accommodation for the battery is also visible within the complex that is now HMP immediately to the E. [information from 1996 aerial photographs].
(Source: Report 2000/05)


      

        Official Name
        Citadel Battery
      

      

        Type of site
        COAST BATTERY
      

      

        Location
        At western battery of the Citadel.

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Dover, Kent, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            TR 3036 4029
             (Scale: 1:10000
              )
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Fair

      

      

        Materials
        
            Reinforced Concrete
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Burridge, David (Defence of Britain Project)
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Kent coast defences - Defences of the Kent coastal crust and immediate hinterland. 

 
 Dover nodal point - Defences of Dover nodal point. [Source:  '12 Corps Plan to Defeat Invasion', 16 May 1941 - PRO WO 166/344]. 

        		
      

      

        Photographs
        
View of COAST BATTERY - S0001138
         

     (4) - site views (photocopies).  		
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        Pillboxes at TR 30354028; TR 30464034; and TR 303403: Fieldgun emplacement at TR 303403

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0001138

      

      

        Reference
        
             1997 Kent

             2000/05 World War Two Coastal Batteries

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1920 1945

            Field Visit, On 1995/04/14 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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