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Monument details
| HER Number: | 1535610 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Two large rectangular blocks which would have borne airfield code letters for the Early Twentieth Century Littlestone Airfield |
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Summary
Two large rectangular blocks which would have borne airfield code letters for the Early Twentieth Century Littlestone Airfield are visible on aerial photographs of 1941 as structures in a field 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 0878 2788 |
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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
- AIRFIELD CODE LETTERS (Modern - 1901 AD to 2000 AD)
Full description
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The airfield code letters are centred at TR 0878 2788, on the western side of the Hythe and Dymchurch Light Railway. They lie approximately 93m to the NNE of the St Marys Bay Railway Station (Monument Number 502018). Together, the two side-by-side airfield code letter structures measure approximately 11m WNW to ESE and 6m SSW to NNE. The easternmost code structure appears to bear the letter C.
These airfield code letter structures lie to the south of two large circular features cut into the turf of the airfield (Monument Number 1535604). One of these circles contains the word Littlestone, and it is thought they may be the precursors of the airfield code letters.
By the time of the vertical aerial photograph of 1983; the airfield code letter structures had been removed (1-2).
<1> RAF, 1941, NMR RAF/GHQ/106 37-8 14-MAY-1941 (Photograph). SWX23915.
<2> Vertical aerial photograph reference number (Unspecified Type). SWX23780.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Photograph: RAF. 1941. NMR RAF/GHQ/106 37-8 14-MAY-1941. |
| <2> | (No record type): Vertical aerial photograph reference number. |
Related records
| 1535077 | Parent of: Second World War anti-aircraft landing obstruction poles are visible on aerial photographs of 1941 (Monument) |
| 1535604 | Part of: Two landing circles of the Early Twentieth Century Littlestone Airfield are visible on aerial photographs of 1941 (Monument) |
