Dunkirk Radar Tower
DUNKIRK RADAR TOWER
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1031910
- Date first listed:
- 12-Sept-2002
- Statutory Address:
- DUNKIRK RADAR TOWER
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1031910
- Date first listed:
- 12-Sept-2002
- Statutory Address 1:
- DUNKIRK RADAR TOWER
Location
- Statutory Address:
- DUNKIRK RADAR TOWER
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Swale (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Dunkirk
- National Grid Reference:
- TR0781059059
Details
1607/0/10002
12-SEP-02
DUNKIRK
Dunkirk Radar Tower
GV
II
Chain Home transmitter tower. 1937. Galvanised steel transmitter tower, now truncated. The radar station at Dunkirk in Kent comprised one of the front-line links in the series of Chain Home radar stations that extended from the south coast of England to the east of Scotland. Dunkirk is one of only five sites to have retained any of their original towers. The transmitter tower is the best-preserved in situ example in England after the listed examples at Bawdsey (Suffolk) and Stenigot (Lincolnshire), and relates to one of the best-preserved and most historically important radar sites in England. Dunkirk played a vital role in Britain's air defence throughout the Second World War, most famously during the Battle of Britain. The Bofors Tower is listed grade II, and other elements of the complex are protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. See description of the Bofors Tower and the Scheduled Monument Assessment for further historical details on the site.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 489803
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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