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Monument details

HER Number:TR 26 NE 115
Type of record:Monument
Name:Slit Trenches at Minnis Bay, Birchington

Summary

Slit Trenches - Short length of slit trench on seaward side of putting green at Minnis bay, Birchington.


Grid Reference:TR 2871 6963
Map Sheet:TR26NE
Parish:BIRCHINGTON, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • SLIT TRENCH (Modern - 1914 AD to 1945 AD)

Full description

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Short length of slit trench on seaward side of putting green [not an antiquity] (1) For site in context with others in inter-tidal zone, see (2). Site photographs (3-6).


<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 Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent, p 33 (Unpublished document).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> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9456.

<4> 1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9955.

<5> 1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9987.

<6> 1941, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10104.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYOS Card Reference: AP (RAF 106G/UK 1724 F4016; 10.09.46). [Mapped feature: #49907 trenches, ]
<2>Unpublished document: Department of Archaeology, University of Reading. 1994. Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent. p 33.
<3>Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4016. print.
<4>Photograph (Print): 1941. Photograph. 32. print.
<5>Photograph (Print): 1941. Photograph. 39. print.
<6>Photograph (Print): 1941. Photograph. 37. print.