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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 06 NE 30 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Coast defence: observation post, controlled minefield (ww2?), Shellness |
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Summary
Shellness Minefield Control Post
| Grid Reference: | TR 0535 6772 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR06NE |
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| Parish: | LEYSDOWN, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- OBSERVATION POST (OBSERVATION POST, Modern - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)
- SITE (Modern - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)
Full description
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Shellness Beach. Rectangular concrete structure on two levels, with close defence loopholes in the lower level and observation slots in the upper level. Good condition (1), sites identified in the context of Kent defence systems (2), site photographs (3-6). In good condition, with traces of fittings for steel shutters over the bottom of the observation slits. (7)
<1> Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy, Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites (Index). SKE6445.
<2> Kent County Council, 1999, Survey of Kent post-1500 defence sites, KD143 (Index). SWX11828.
<3> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10206.
<4> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10207.
<5> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10208.
<6> 1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9949.
<7> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report (Unpublished document). SWX12323.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Index: Victor Smith and Ron Crowdy. Thames Gateway Assesment: Gazetteer of Defence Sites. |
| <2> | Index: Kent County Council. 1999. Survey of Kent post-1500 defence sites. KD143. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. 3251. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. 3259. print. |
| <5> | Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. 3261. print. |
| <6> | Photograph (Print): 1941. Photograph. 72. print. |
| <7> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year Two Report. |
