| Name: | East Tilbury - Coalhouse Fort, Quick Firing Battery |
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| SMR Number: | 1759 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TQ 690 764 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ67NE |
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| Parish: | East Tilbury, THURROCK, ESSEX |
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| THURROCK, ESSEX |
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Summary
By 1905, a small earthen battery with two searchlights had also been built.
Full description
1985: "By 1905, a small earthen battery with two searchlights had also been built about 300 yards to the south of the fort". <1> "This was later adapted to take three searchlights with generating equipment". <2>
Additional sources. <3> - <5>
August 2012: A low-level, oblique aerial photograph taken in August 1941 shows the battery apparently overgrown. <6>
<1> Smith, VTC and Barnes, DR, 1975, Coalhouse Fort (DESC TEXT). SEX6360.
<2> Saunders, A, 1985, Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury, Vol 20, No 4, p6 (DESC TEXT). SEX6357.
<3> Tyler, Sue, 2000, CP/00/9/13 (AP). SEX60356.
<4> Bennett, D, 1977, Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945 (DESC TEXT). SEX6365.
<5> Smith, Joanna, 2007, East Tilbury, Essex - Historic Area Appraisal, mentioned in appraisal (DESC TEXT). SEX70042.
<6> RAF, 1941, BR82-A17, August 1941 (AP). SEX71268.
Monument Types
- SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY (C20 inc WWI and WWII, Modern - 1901 AD to 2050 AD)
Associated Events
- Thurrock Unitary Authority WWII site survey by Fred Nash August 2012 (Ref: Nash THU Aug 2012)
Protected Status
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Thames Gateway 117_1
- Historic Environment Character Area: Thames Gateway 117
Sources and further reading
| <1> | DESC TEXT: Smith, VTC and Barnes, DR. 1975. Coalhouse Fort. |
| <2> | DESC TEXT: Saunders, A. 1985. Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury. Vol 20, No 4, p6. |
| <3> | AP: Tyler, Sue. 2000. CP/00/9/13. |
| <4> | DESC TEXT: Bennett, D. 1977. Handbook of Kent's Defences 1540-1945. |
| <5> | DESC TEXT: Smith, Joanna. 2007. East Tilbury, Essex - Historic Area Appraisal. mentioned in appraisal. |
| <6> | AP: RAF. 1941. BR82-A17. August 1941. |
Related records
| 10300 | Parent of: Concrete Building, Coalhouse Fort (Monument) |
| 1760 | Parent of: East Tilbury - Coalhouse Fort (Monument) |
| 10299 | Parent of: Minefield Control Tower at Coalhouse Fort (Monument) |
| 10297 | Parent of: Spigot Mortar Pedestals (2) at Coalhouse Fort (Monument) |
| 10298 | Parent of: Tett Turret (destroyed), Coalhouse Fort (Monument) |
| 1758 | Part of: East Tilbury - Coalhouse Fort, Quick Firing Battery (Monument) |
| 1757 | Part of: East Tilbury - Coalhouse Point, Site of 1540 blockhouse (Monument) |
| 1761 | Related to: East Tilbury - Coalhouse Fort (Monument) |
Images
 Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury, Thurrock © Essex County Council |  Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury, Thurrock © Essex County Council |
 Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury, Thurrock © Essex County Council |  Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury, Thurrock © Essex County Council |
 Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury, Thurrock © Essex County Council |  Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury, Thurrock © Essex County Council |
 Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury, Thurrock © Essex County Council |  East Tilbury - Coalhouse Fort, Quick Firing Battery © Essex County Council |
 Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury, Thurrock © Essex County Council | |
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