Monument Number 1542229 |
| Hob Uid: 1542229 | |
Location :
Medway
Isle of Grain
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| Grid Ref : TQ8926876098 |
| Summary : A possible Second World War or earlier observation tower located just above the beach opposite Grain Tower on the Isle of Grain. The tower lies immediately to the south of an electric searchlight battery (1911-1940), within a large trapezoidal barbed wire enclosure. These features were all mapped from RAF vertical photographs taken in 1942 as part of the the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. |
More information : A possible Second World War or earlier observation tower located at TQ 8927 7610 just above the beach opposite Grain Tower
(NMR Monument:418676) on the Isle of Grain. The tower lies immediately to the south of an electric searchlight battery (1911-1940) NMR Monument Number:1204555, within a large trapezoidal barbed wire enclosure. These features were all mapped from RAF vertical photographs taken in 1942 as part of the the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. (1) |