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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43430 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII gun emplacement located beside anti-tank cubes, north of Deal |
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Summary
WWII gun emplacement located beside anti-tank cubes, north of Deal, mapped from military aerial photographs.
| Grid Reference: | TR 37340 54331 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR35SE |
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| Parish: | SHOLDEN, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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A WWII gun emplacement located beside anti-tank cubes (MKE41946) north of Deal. The circular emplacement measures 8m in diameter and has a central pintle on which the gun would be attached. The feature was mapped from military aerial photographs taken in June 1942 [1], but it was first visible in February 1941 [2]. By February 1946 [3] the feature is out of use and is visible on as an earthwork, but by June 1980 [4] it has been entirely levelled.
A transcription of this feature recorded from aerial photographs exists within a GIS layer held by this HER.
Related records
| MWX43396 | Part of: WWII complex of coastal defence features on the coast of Sandwich Bay, north of Deal (Monument) |
