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OS 1:2500 indicates anti-tank cubes by the word 'Stone' - in three positions.
(Source: Map 1957)
9 x 5ft concrete anti-tank cubes.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/01/17)
Anti-tank cubes.
(Source: Field Visit 1999/12/04)
Eight 6ft x 5ft concrete cubes either side of a new footbridge. There are two lines of five surviving cubes approaching the river bank at right angles to the E of the bridge, and three cubes in a single line to the W. Two of the cubes of the W line have been shuttered with corrugated iron. The exact purpose of these cubes at this point is not clear.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/12/17)
| Type of site | CUBE |
|---|---|
| Location | By new footbridge over River Medway to Whatman Park - on the N bank of the river, by an area of new housing. |
| Area |
Maidstone, Kent, England |
| Grid reference |
TQ 75429 56889
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Good |
| Materials | Concrete |
| Threats |
Type: Development (Immediate) Detail: The land to the rear of the cubes is being levelled. |
| Recorder | Urquhart, Cyril |
| Defence grouping |
GHQ Line (North West Kent) - GHQ Line running from Leigh to River Thames via Medway valley. Maidstone nodal point - Defences of Maidstone Category 'A' nodal point. Cassini ref. R1974. [Source: List of Nodal Points in Eastern Command, 1940 - PRO WO 199/544]. |
| Attached Sheets | (1) - site location plan [with UORN 9508]. |
| Photographs |
(1) - site view. |
| DOB site reference: | S0009509 |
| Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1999/12/04 Field Visit, On 2003/12/17 |
