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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43151 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII coastal defences to the north of Cliffsend Farm, west of Pegwell |
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Summary
WWII coastal defences north of Cliffsend Farm, west of Pegwell, comprising slit trenching with associated gun pits, a pillbox, and another military building, visible on military aerial photographs from 1941 and 1946.
| Grid Reference: | TR 35678 64798 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36SE |
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| Parish: | RAMSGATE, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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A small complex of WWII coastal defences located 350m to the north of Little Cliffsend Farm, west of Pegwell, comprising slit trenching with associated gun pits, a pillbox, and another military building, visible on military aerial photographs from 1941 [1] and 1946 [2].
In February 1941 [1] a U-shaped slit trench and associated bank that links up six sub-circular gun pits is visible at the junction between five roads/tracks. The average diameter of the gun pit ditches is 1.6m. A rectangular military building, possibly a pillbox, is located 60m to the NW and measures 4.8m by 3m. The monument record for this building is Mke39697.
By April 1946 [2] a rectangular structure has been constructed at the centre of the now backfilled slit trench system. It is unlikely to be a pillbox due to the late date of construction, but probably still functioned as a defensive measure once the slit trench was out of use. It measures 3.7m by 2.4m
Although visible in January 1946, the two structures are not apparent on the 1:2500 OS mapping dated to 1956-1963 [3].
<3> Ordnance Survey, 1955-79, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 Edition 1955-79 (Map). SWX11834.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <3> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1955-79. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 Edition 1955-79. |
