Site Records


SiteName: Hougham Battery - Fortress & Battery Potting Room

South side of A20
Dover, Kent
OS Grid Ref: TR290392

Sub Brit site visit 29th December 2002

[Source: Nick Catford]

 

Emergency escape shaft hatch

The backfilled main entrance

Looking thrugh two rooms towards main entrance

Building Close to Plotting Room

Battery Observation Post

West Fortress Observation Post

West War shelter & Magazine

Fire Command Post

Battery Observation Post

East Fortress Observation Post

Building close to Plotting Room

 

Sources:

  • Bob Jenner
  • Keith Slade
  • John Vaughan
  • After the Battle
  • The Second World War 1939 - 1945 Army Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
  • Vol II Technical - Published by The War Office 1951
  • The Guns at Dover 1939 - 1956 by S.G. Hale

For more pictures of Hougham Battery and the plotting room see:

Dover Underground

White Cliffs Underground

Underground Kent

 

[Source: Nick Catford]

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