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Monument details
| HER Number: | MKE123954 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Part of a Second World War trench system around St Nicholas at Wade |
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Summary
The north-western part of a Second World War trench system around St Nicholas at Wade forming a Defenced Area constructed 1940-1941, visible as levelled earthworks on 1944 aerial photographs.
| Grid Reference: | TR 2603 6706 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR26NE |
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| Parish: | ST NICHOLAS AT WADE, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- DEFENDED LOCALITY (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- TRENCH (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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The north-western part of a Second World War trench system around St Nicholas at Wade visible as levelled earthworks on 1944 aerial photographs.This section extended from west of Wade House south to St Nicholas Court south of the A299 (Thanet Way). This is part of the defences with were constructed around the village of St Nicholas at Wade between 1940-1941 forming a Defended Area. Parts of the defences were recorded as extant earthworks on wartime photographs whilst other sections were first seen already infilled by 1944. All traces have been infilled or removed and only visible as cropmarks.These features were mapped as part of the Historic England Thanet Landscape Mapping Project 2024 (1).
<1> Historic England Archive, 1944, Historic England Archive USAF vertical aerial photographs, US/7PH/GP/LOC286 V 5008 19-APR-1944 (Archive). SKE57114.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Archive: Historic England Archive. 1944. Historic England Archive USAF vertical aerial photographs. US/7PH/GP/LOC286 V 5008 19-APR-1944. |
Related records
| MKE123871 | Part of: St Nicholas at Wade Second World War Defended Locality (Monument) |
