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Trench, part of Post No.24, shown on contemporary map.
(Source: Document 1940/11)
Type of site | FIRE TRENCH |
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Location | E of the B2188 road, Penshurst. |
Area |
Penshurst, Kent, England |
Grid reference |
TQ 5261 4354
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Infilled |
Materials | Earthwork |
Recorder | |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line (Berkshire/Hampshire/Surrey/Kent) - West - East section of GHQ Line running from Reading through Hampshire and West Surrey to Kent (Leigh) following in part a line south of the North Downs. Penshurst nodal point - Defences of Penshurst Category 'B' nodal point. Cassini ref. Q9662. [Source: List of Nodal Points in Eastern Command, 1940 - PRO WO 199/544]. |
DOB site reference: | S0016789 |
Reference |
1940/11/15 922nd Defence Battery, RA War Diary |
Event |
Construction, By 1940/11 |