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Underground Nissen hut type auxiliary unit operational base, with metal steps leading down.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/02/25)
'Elephant shelter'. Metal steps. No escape tunnel.
(Source: Field Visit )
WW2 Auxiliary Unit operational base at Winterage farm with 'elephant' shelter hut and metal steps to bunker but no escape tunnel.
(Source: SMR )
Type of site | AUXILIARY UNIT OPERATIONAL BASE |
---|---|
Location | At Winteridge Farm [MOD Cinque Ports training area]. |
Area |
Lyminge, Kent, England |
Grid reference |
TR 189 410
(Scale: 1:50000
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Corrugated Iron |
Threats |
Type: Rain entry (Long Term) Detail: Water erosion. Type: Vandalism (Medium Term) Detail: Vandalism by soldiers. |
Recorder | Ward, William (Pillbox Study Group) |
Attached Sheets | (1) - xeroxes of photographs. |
Photographs |
(4) - photocopies on one sheet (1 DIGITISED). |
DOB site reference: | S0001060 |
Associated Identifier | Kent SMR (ref: KE17210: TR 14 SE 78) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1996/02/25 |