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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #4809 on: June 29, 2021, 04:46:01 PM »
Ah, so not Eastchurch then.
It would have helped if I'd read the description of the right Doddington.  The one in Cambridgeshire has no squints mentioned!  The Historic England listing is at https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1087004 and the location is at TQ 94002 57582

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #4808 on: June 29, 2021, 04:45:47 PM »
Spot-on, CAT

Over to you.


Here`s another view . . . . .

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #4807 on: June 29, 2021, 03:38:50 PM »
Could it be the unenviable titled church of The Beheading of John the Baptist at Doddington?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #4806 on: June 29, 2021, 03:06:52 PM »
Would you need to cross water to get there from Bapchild?


Only if the M2 is flooded!

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #4805 on: June 29, 2021, 02:26:08 PM »

Just a bit further and you`ve got it

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #4804 on: June 29, 2021, 01:56:11 PM »
2nd Guess ,lets try Rodmersham.


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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #4803 on: June 29, 2021, 12:49:29 PM »
Would you need to cross water to get there from Bapchild?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #4802 on: June 29, 2021, 12:19:07 PM »
You`re not too far away, granderog

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #4801 on: June 29, 2021, 12:14:59 PM »
Must be at least 17 churchs in Swale !


1st Pure Guess ,Bapchild church.



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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #4800 on: June 29, 2021, 10:03:06 AM »
The light switches tell me that it’s not Wychling.
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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #4799 on: June 29, 2021, 08:27:09 AM »
I had to look the big word up  :) .Didn't help .
Any clues like area etc please?


There`s a notice explaining this feature close to it. In the past I`ve refrained from using this photo as I thought it difficult,except for yourself and John Filmer. 
Swale area








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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #4798 on: June 29, 2021, 08:08:45 AM »
I had to look the big word up  :) .Didn't help .
Any clues like area etc please?


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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #4797 on: June 28, 2021, 08:28:19 PM »
lets see if we can't get this one moving.


West Kent church (west of Ashford?)

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #4796 on: June 27, 2021, 04:16:21 PM »
Absolutely right Diapason.

Over to you.


Where would you find this Hagioscope - Double Squint?

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Re: Guess the Place
« Reply #4795 on: June 27, 2021, 11:32:49 AM »
Was the "significant WW2 structure", Biggin Hill RAF Airfield please? - what is left of it now?


Sorry for the late reply but trying to get it in before the next round starts.  As Pete has confirmed, I was meaning the Dunkirk CH station at the top of Boughton Hill.  There is just one tower left now.  My uncle by marriage was stationed there during WW2.  He met my Aunt at the Dunkirk Cafe which was next to the CH Station.


The Chain Home Radar Installations
A CH station consisted of four 360 foot tall steel towers separated by 180 feet. Strung between the towers were vertical feed cables. Between these vertical cables were eight half-wave dipoles spaced ½ a wavelength apart. Chain Home would send out a burst of radio energy toward a target and then calculated the time it took for that signal to return. Instead of steering a radio beam like a narrow flashlight and detecting when a target lights up, like today’s radar systems do, the Chain Home antennas were stationary and illuminated large areas like a spotlight. Direction to the target was determined by adjusting a knob that would minimize the blip and a scale to determine the angle. Based on the strength of the return, the size of the attacking force could then be assessed.