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Monument details

HER Number:1535063
Type of record:Monument
Name:Second Wold War anti-tank cubes are visible on aerial photographs of 1941

Summary

Second Wold War anti-tank cubes are visible on aerial photographs of 1941 along the northern side of the New Sewer at St Marys Bay. These features were mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project.


Grid Reference:TR 0879 2722
Map Sheet:TR02NE
Parish:ST MARY IN THE MARSH, SHEPWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • ANTI TANK OBSTACLE (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Full description

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The line of anti-tank cubes is centred at TR 0879 2722, and extends for approximately 194m WSW to ENE. They are contemporary with other nearby Second World War defences, such as a Type 23 pillbox which sits within the line of anti-tank cubes (Monument Number 1535207); as well as anti-aircraft poles (Monument Number 1535076) and an anti-aircraft ditch (Monument Number 1535103) in the open space to the north.

By the time of the vertical aerial photograph of 1946; the anti-tank cubes had been removed (1-2).


<1> Vertical aerial photograph reference number (Unspecified Type). SWX23857.

<2> RAF, 1946, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1439 3024-5 30-APR-1946 (Photograph). SWX23809.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>(No record type): Vertical aerial photograph reference number.
<2>Photograph: RAF. 1946. NMR RAF/106G/UK/1439 3024-5 30-APR-1946.

Related records

MWX51301Parent of: Second World War Type 23 pillbox, northern side of the New Sewer at St Marys Bay (Monument)
MWX51314Part of: Second World War anti-landing ditch, St Marys Bay Holiday Camp (Monument)