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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX51471 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War anti invasion scaffolding, Greatstone-on-Sea |
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Summary
A long length of Second World War anti invasion scaffolding is visible on aerial photographs of 1946 as a structure extending inland from the seafront at Greatstone-on-Sea towards the sound mirrors at Denge (Monument Number 462809) and beyond. By the time of the next available vertical aerial photograph of 1959; all the scaffolding had been removed. These features were mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0784 2158 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR02SE |
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| Parish: | LYDD, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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The anti invasion scaffolding is centred at TR 0784 2158. It extends for a maximum of 1.1km from a point on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway (Monument Number 1357333) at TR 0821 2162, westwards and then north-westwards to TR 0718 2189. At the centre-point noted above, a branch of the scaffolding continues westwards towards the sound mirrors at Denge (Monument Number 462809).
By the time of the next available vertical aerial photograph of 1959; all the scaffolding had been removed (1-2).
<1> 1946, NMR CPE/UK/1752 3002-3 21-SEPT-1946 (Photograph). SWX23759.
<2> RAF, 1959, NMR RAF/58/2778 0199-0200 01-MAY-1959 (Photograph). SWX23876.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Photograph: 1946. NMR CPE/UK/1752 3002-3 21-SEPT-1946. |
| <2> | Photograph: RAF. 1959. NMR RAF/58/2778 0199-0200 01-MAY-1959. |
Related records
| MWX51316 | Parent of: LIGHT ANTI AIRCRAFT (DIVER) BATTERY DUNGENESS 1 (Monument) |
| TR 02 SE 12 | Part of: Acoustic Sound Mirrors at Greatstone-on-Sea, Lydd (Monument) |
