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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 75 NE 153
Type of record:Monument
Name:Second World War anti-tank ditch, Mote Park, Maidstone

Summary

A Second World War anti-tank ditch is identified in aerial photographs.


Grid Reference:TQ 7698 5529
Map Sheet:TQ75NE
Parish:MAIDSTONE, MAIDSTONE, KENT

Monument Types

  • TANK TRAP (TANK TRAP, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Full description

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A Second World War anti-tank ditch indicated by aerial photographs.The ditch was part of an interrupted circuit enclosing Maidstone. This section ran north-south between Mote Avenue and the Cricket Ground. (1)


<1> RCHME, NMP Kent Pilot Project Crop Mark Transcription (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6448.

Sources and further reading

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<1>XYMiscellaneous Material: RCHME. NMP Kent Pilot Project Crop Mark Transcription. [Mapped feature: #19412 Aanti tank ditch, ]