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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX51314 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War anti-landing ditch, St Marys Bay Holiday Camp |
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Summary
A Second World War anti-aircraft ditch is visible on aerial photographs of 1942 as an extant ditch flanked on either side by a line of mounds to the south of the site of the old St Marys Bay Holiday Camp. This feature was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0860 2745 |
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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 anti-aircraft ditch is centred at TR 0860 2745, and measures approximately 272m long WNW to ESE. In 1942 it occupied an open area of ground, but aerial photographs of 2007 show that this area is now under modern housing, and the site of the ditch lies between what is now Elm Road and Laurel Avenue.
This anti-aircraft obstacle consists of a straight ditch, flanked on either side by parallel lines of mounds. These are presumably the spoil heaps from digging the ditch; placed in such a way as to provide an additional anti-aircraft obstruction. The ditch and mounds are contemporary with a scatter of anti-aircraft poles (Monument Number 1535076) which also occupy what was then an open space at St Marys Bay (1-2).
<1> RAF, 1942, NMR RAF/AC81 171-2 26-AUG-1942 (Photograph). SWX23893.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Photograph: RAF. 1942. NMR RAF/AC81 171-2 26-AUG-1942. |
Related records
| 1535063 | Parent of: Second Wold War anti-tank cubes are visible on aerial photographs of 1941 (Monument) |
| MWX51530 | Parent of: Second World War barbed wire (Monument) |
| MWX51531 | Parent of: Second World War barbed wire (Monument) |
