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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX51313 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War anti-landing ditch, Littlestone |
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Summary
A Second World War anti-aircraft ditch is visible on aerial photographs of 1941 as an extant earthwork to the west of St Marys Bay. This feature was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0860 2803 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR02NE |
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| Parish: | ST MARY IN THE MARSH, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- AIRCRAFT OBSTRUCTION (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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The ditch is centred at TR 0860 2803, and measures approximately 204m long SSE to NNW. The ditch appears to be in three segments, and is flanked on either side by a line of mounds which are presumably the spoil from the ditch. This anti-aircraft landing obstruction ditch crosses through an earlier landing circle cut into the turf of what was the pre-war Littlestone Airfield (Monument Number 1535604).
By the time of the vertical aerial photograph of 1946; the ditch appears to have been backfilled and the mounds levelled. They can be seen on the aerial photograph as light soilmarks (1-2).
<1> RAF, 1941, NMR RAF/GHQ/106 37-8 14-MAY-1941 (Photograph). SWX23915.
<2> RAF, 1946, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1439 3024-5 30-APR-1946 (Photograph). SWX23809.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Photograph: RAF. 1941. NMR RAF/GHQ/106 37-8 14-MAY-1941. |
| <2> | Photograph: RAF. 1946. NMR RAF/106G/UK/1439 3024-5 30-APR-1946. |
Related records
| MWX51536 | Parent of: Second World War anti-aircraft ditch (Monument) |
| 1535077 | Parent of: Second World War anti-aircraft landing obstruction poles are visible on aerial photographs of 1941 (Monument) |
| MWX51376 | Parent of: Second World War pillbox, west of St Marys Bay (Monument) |
| 1535604 | Parent of: Two landing circles of the Early Twentieth Century Littlestone Airfield are visible on aerial photographs of 1941 (Monument) |
