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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX51532 |
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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 leading inwards from the seafront at St Marys Bay. This feature was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0918 2755 |
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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 0918 2755, and leads from the seafront to what is now the point where Seaway Road joins Dymchurch Road. It forms a right-angled shape in plan view; measuring approximately 125m long. 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. |
