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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 1761 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Barbed Wire and Scaffold Beach Obstruction on Shakespeare beach, west Dover |
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Summary
Scaffold and barbed wire beach obstructions mapped from military aerial photographs taken in June 1942 when it was first observed. Situated on Shakespeare beach west dover, for approximately 550m from the centre to the eastern extent connecting with the western railway and ferry terminal. Running adjacent with an inshore wall between the railway station and complex and the beach. (location accurate to the nearest 2m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 31663 40189 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BEACH SCAFFOLDING (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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Scaffold and barbed wire beach obstructions mapped from military aerial photographs taken in June 1942 when it was first observed. Situated on Shakespeare beach west dover, for approximately 550m from the centre to the eastern extent connecting with the western railway and ferry terminal. Running adjacent with an inshore wall between the railway station and complex and the beach.
Mapped and first observed from RAF/HLA/574 2049 3-JUN-1942. But not visible by RAF/106G/UK/801 6174-6175 13-SEP-1945.
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photographs exists within a GIS layer held by this HER. (1)
<1> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report. |
Related records
| TR 34 SW 1058 | Parent of: Pillbox at Shakespeare beach, Dover. (Monument) |
| MWX43489 | Part of: Anti-Tank Cubes, Eastern Shakespeare beach, West Dover. (Monument) |
