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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 NW 553 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of RNAS Manston |
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Summary
The former site of RNAS Manston.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3318 6601 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NW |
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| Parish: | MANSTON, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- (Former Type) SEAPLANE BASE (Modern to Unknown - 1915 AD)
Full description
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The former site of RNAS Manston dating from 1915. Site has been plotter on HER as a monument point as the exact location within the present airport is unknown. A reference to this site appears at the National Archive Ref. ADM137/4680. In 1915/16 early seaplanes started to use the open fields in Mnaston as an emergency landing place in preference to their base at St. Mildreds Bay and the RNAS station was established. (1)
<1> Oxford Archaeological South, 2016, First World War Wireless Stations in England. (Bibliographic reference). SKE31551.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: Oxford Archaeological South. 2016. First World War Wireless Stations in England.. |
