Langdon Prison
Wardens Air Raid Shelter
Dover Area
This small air raid shelter was used
by the warden of Langdon prison which held prisoners of war during the
Second World War. There had been a prison on the site since the late
nineteenth century, and it saw use as a military prison from 1901 to
1908, when it was closed. Although a lot of the prison buildings had
been demolished by 1925, the domestic quarters and the infirmary still
remained. It was eventually closed for the last time in 1948, and
today foundations are all that remains. The air raid shelter is the
most intact structure left from this complex.
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