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Monument details
HER Number: | MWX43040 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Second World War Emergency Water Supply (EWS) tank west of Broadstairs Harbour |
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Summary
Second World War Emergency Water Supply (EWS) tank located to the west of Broadstairs Harbour and mapped from military aerial photographs.
Grid Reference: | TR 39062 67767 |
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Map Sheet: | TR36NE |
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Parish: | BROADSTAIRS AND ST PETERS, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- EMERGENCY WATER SUPPLY (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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Second World War Emergency Water Supply (EWS) tank located to the west of Broadstairs Harbour and mapped from military aerial photographs taken in December 1941, when the feature was first visible [1]. The tank is gone by April 1946 [2].
The square EWS tank measures 24m squared and has a track leading to the road to the west.
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [3].
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.
<3> Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE25954.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <3> | Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping. |
<3> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report. |
<3> | Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions. |