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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43045 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible WWII road block on Milner Road, Sturry |
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Summary
Two rows of square markings are visible on early 1940s aerial photography on Milner Road. These have been interpreted as possibly representing markings or a template for laying out a roadblock.
| Grid Reference: | TR 17564 60022 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR16SE |
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| Parish: | STURRY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- ROADBLOCK (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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Two rows of square markings visible on early 1940s aerial photography on the Milner Road [1]. The markings appear to be painted onto the road and are no longer visible on 1965 OS aerial photographs of the area [2]. These have been interpreted as possibly representing markings or a template for laying out a roadblock. Milner Road bypasses White Mill Bridge to the north and similar markings are also visible on this bridge (MWX43044) implying that this crossing of the river was heavily defended.
Similar markings are also visible on early 1940s aerial photographs on the road south of Fordwich Bridge (MWX43034).
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2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document).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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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 | Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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. |
Related records
| TR 15 NE 794 | Parent of: BRIDGE OVER THE GREAT STOUR, Fordwich (Listed Building) |
| MWX43044 | Parent of: Possible defended WWII bridge at White Mill Bridge, Sturry (Monument) |
