Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

Vertical aerial photographs of 1941 show a newly laid-out road beyond the houses at what was at that point the northern end of St Marys Bay. This road was presumably intended for a housing development that may have stalled due to the onset of the Second World War. This area was subsequently developed for housing, but on a slightly different layout. This feature has been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project.

Monument Types

• ROAD (Modern - 1901 AD to 2000 AD)
• BOMB CRATER (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Full description

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The road is centred at TR 0936 2834, and extends for approximately 262m south-east to north-west. It comprises of two parallel strips of road for the first 160m leading north-westwards. The two parallel strips then split to form the perimeter of a square area, before meeting up again on the other side. The road then continues north-westwards for another 55m. Light coloured mounds clustered around the ends of the road have been interpreted as spoil heaps from the construction of the road, or mounds of road-building materials. A Second World War bomb crater of six metres in diameter is visible as a hollow in the southern corner of the square area enclosed by the two strips of road.

This road was presumably intended for a housing development that may have stalled due to the onset of the Second World War. This area was subsequently developed for housing, but on a slightly different layout. The site of this road now lies beneath The Fairway, St Marys Gardens, and Winton Way (1-2).

<1> RAF, 1941, NMR RAF/GHQ/106 37-8 14-MAY-1941 (Photograph). SWX23915.

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