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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 26 NE 114 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Castellated Trench System, Minnis Bay, Birchington |
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Summary
Castellated Trench System on the sea front at Minnis Bay, Birchington.
| Grid Reference: | TR 2862 6952 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR26NE |
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| Parish: | BIRCHINGTON, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SLIT TRENCH (Earlier than 1941, Modern - 1914 AD (between) to 1945 AD (between))
Full description
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Castellated Trench System on sea front, two short stretches, TR 28486944 & 28576951 [not an antiquity]. (1) For site in context with others in inter-tidal zone, see (2). Photographs (3-8)
<1> AP (RAF 106G/UK 1724 F4016; 10.09.46) (OS Card Reference). SKE34081.
<2> Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent, p 33 (Unpublished document). SWX9353.
<3> 1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9987.
<4> 1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9986.
<5> 1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9955.
<6> 1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9955.
<7> 1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9986.
<8> 1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9987.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: AP (RAF 106G/UK 1724 F4016; 10.09.46). [Mapped feature: #49897 trenches, ] |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Department of Archaeology, University of Reading. 1994. Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent. p 33. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1941. Photograph. 39. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 1941. Photograph. 37. print. |
| <5> | Photograph (Print): 1941. Photograph. 32. print. |
| <6> | Photograph (Print): 1941. Photograph. 32. print. |
| <7> | Photograph (Print): 1941. Photograph. 37. print. |
| <8> | Photograph (Print): 1941. Photograph. 39. print. |
