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Monument details
HER Number: | MWX43056 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Second World War military structure (possible pillbox) located close to Broadstairs Harbour |
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Summary
Second World War military structure (possible pillbox) located close to Broadstairs Harbour and mapped from aerial photographs.
Grid Reference: | TR 39710 67458 |
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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 military structure located close to Broadstairs Harbour in Victoria Gardens. It is first visible, and has been mapped from, aerial photographs taken in January 1941 [1] and is gone by April 1946 [2]. The structure measures 4.3m by 3.4m, and is a possible pillbox.
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2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document).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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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 | Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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 | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011.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. |