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Monument details
| HER Number: | 1535077 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War anti-aircraft landing obstruction poles are visible on aerial photographs of 1941 |
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Summary
Second World War anti-aircraft landing obstruction poles are visible on aerial photographs of 1941 across the pre-war Littlestone Airfield to the west of St Marys Bay. These features were mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0871 2822 |
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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 landing obstruction poles are centred at TR 0871 2822, to the west of St Marys Bay and the Hythe and Dymchurch Light Railway (Monument Number 1357333). They form an interconnecting grid pattern in plan view, and extend across an area measuring approximately 560m north to south and 580m east to west. This includes the area of the pre-war Littlestone Airfield, which is identifiable through landing circles and airfield code letters (Monument Numbers 1535604, 1535610) also visible on aerial photographs. The landing obstruction poles are also contemporary with two anti-aircraft ditches (Monument Numbers 1535108, 1535109).
By the time of the vertical aerial photograph of 1946; the anti-aircraft poles had been removed (1-2).
<1> RAF, 1941, NMR RAF/GHQ/106 37-8 14-MAY-1941 (Photograph). SWX23915.
<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. 1941. NMR RAF/GHQ/106 37-8 14-MAY-1941. |
| <2> | Photograph: RAF. 1946. NMR RAF/106G/UK/1439 3024-5 30-APR-1946. |
Related records
| MWX51536 | Parent of: Second World War anti-aircraft ditch (Monument) |
| MWX51328 | Parent of: Second World War bomb crater, west of St Marys Bay (Monument) |
| MWX51376 | Parent of: Second World War pillbox, west of St Marys Bay (Monument) |
| MWX51313 | Part of: Second World War anti-landing ditch, Littlestone (Monument) |
| 1535604 | Part of: Two landing circles of the Early Twentieth Century Littlestone Airfield are visible on aerial photographs of 1941 (Monument) |
| 1535610 | Part of: Two large rectangular blocks which would have borne airfield code letters for the Early Twentieth Century Littlestone Airfield (Monument) |
