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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX51536 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War anti-aircraft ditch |
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Summary
A small stretch of Second World War anti-aircraft ditch is visible on aerial photographs of 1941 as an earthwork to the east of St Marys Bay. This feature was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0874 2826 |
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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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A small stretch of Second World War anti-aircraft ditch is visible on aerial photographs of 1941 as an earthwork to the east of St Marys Bay. This feature was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project.
The ditch is centred at TR 0875 2827, and measures approximately 25m long SSW to NNE. The ditch is flanked on either side by mounds which are presumably the spoil from the ditch. By the time of the vertical aerial photographs of 2007; the anti-aircraft landing obstruction ditch is not visible either as an earthwork or a cropmark (1).
<1> RAF, 1941, NMR RAF/GHQ/106 37-8 14-MAY-1941 (Photograph). SWX23915.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Photograph: RAF. 1941. NMR RAF/GHQ/106 37-8 14-MAY-1941. |
Related records
| 1535077 | Part of: Second World War anti-aircraft landing obstruction poles are visible on aerial photographs of 1941 (Monument) |
| MWX51313 | Part of: Second World War anti-landing ditch, Littlestone (Monument) |
