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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX51531 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War barbed wire |
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Summary
A single line of Second World War barbed wire is visible on aerial photographs of 1942 in what is now the area of the Army Cadet Force Training Centre, St Marys Bay. This feature was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0855 2763 |
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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
- BARBED WIRE OBSTRUCTION (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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The barbed wire is centred at TR 0855 2763, and measures approximately 344m long SSE to NNW. It breaks at the point of the Hythe and Dymchurch Light Railway (Monument Number 1357333). It is associated with other Second World War defensive features, such as the anti-aircraft ditch at its southern end (Monument Number 1535103), and two pillboxes (Monument Numbers 1422543, 1535459). By the time of the vertical aerial photograph of 1946; the barbed wire had been removed (1-2).
<1> RAF, 1942, NMR RAF/AC81 171-2 26-AUG-1942 (Photograph). SWX23893.
<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. 1942. NMR RAF/AC81 171-2 26-AUG-1942. |
| <2> | Photograph: RAF. 1946. NMR RAF/106G/UK/1439 3024-5 30-APR-1946. |
Related records
| TR 02 NE 102 | Parent of: PILLBOX (Building) |
| MWX51370 | Parent of: Second World War pillbox (Monument) |
| MWX51314 | Part of: Second World War anti-landing ditch, St Marys Bay Holiday Camp (Monument) |
