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Monument details
HER Number: | MWX43042 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Second World War entrance to a possible underground air raid shelter west of Broadstairs Harbour |
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Summary
Second World War entrance to a possible underground air raid shelter located to the west of Broadstairs Harbour, mapped from military aerial photographs.
Grid Reference: | TR 39438 67834 |
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Map Sheet: | TR36NE |
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Parish: | BROADSTAIRS AND ST PETERS, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Second World War entrance to a possible underground shelter located in the grounds of Pierremont Hall, west of Broadstairs Harbour, and has been mapped from military aerial photographs taken in 1942.
A rectangular shaped cut measuring approximately 15m long and 2m wide is visible. This feature could be an entrance into an underground shelter; there is evidence of other disturbance around the entrance, but no sign of a mound that could be associated with an air raid shelter.
It is first visible in December 1941 [1] and has been mapped from phtographs taken in May 1942 [2]. It has been truncated by a garden path in April 1950 [3] and is gone by June 1979 [4].
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [5].Entrance sealed by iron door.
<5> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.
<5> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.
<5> 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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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 | <5> | Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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. |
<5> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report. |
<5> | Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions. |