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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43194 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII road block comprising anti-tank blocks across Ebbsfleet Lane, Pegwell Bay |
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Summary
WWII road block comprising anti-tank blocks across Ebbsfleet Lane, Pegwell Bay and visible from military aerial photographs.
| Grid Reference: | TR 33416 62989 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36SW |
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| Parish: | MINSTER, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- ANTI TANK BLOCK (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- ROADBLOCK (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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WWII road block comprising several rows of anti-tank blocks across Ebbsfleet Lane (prior to its straightening), Pegwell Bay and visible from military aerial photographs.
The blocks situated across the road are placed in three groups of two lines, and comprise around five blocks at the most. Extending around 30m SW from the road into the adjacent field (Minster Marshes) are five more rows of blocks - these could either be temporarily stored here, or they are strategically blocking the route across the field to avoid the road block.
The blocks are first visible on photographs taken in May 1942 [1] and have been mapped from this source. They are still present in April 1944 [2], but by January 1946 [3] the road has been cleared of the blocks however they still remain in the adjacent field. This implies that their function was not storage but strategic defense.
The feature is not visible by March 2003 [4].
<4> Google Earth, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 5-MAR-2003 ACCESSED 13-APR-2010 (Graphic material). SWX15704.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <4> | Graphic material: Google Earth. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 5-MAR-2003 ACCESSED 13-APR-2010. |
