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Monument details
| HER Number: | MKE123972 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War anti-landing obstacles W of Quex Park |
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Summary
The site of a row of anti-landing post visible on US/7PH/GP/LOC286 V 5010 19-APR-1944 aerial photographs
| Grid Reference: | TR 3003 6816 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NW |
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| Parish: | BIRCHINGTON, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- ANTI LANDING OBSTACLE (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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The site of a row of anti-landing post visible on US/7PH/GP/LOC286 V 5010 19-APR-1944 aerial photographs dividing up a field to the west of Quex Park contstructed to impede the landing of enemy aircraft, but still allowing cultivation in the field. In some cases the post were strung with wires. The post were removed following the end of the war. These were mapped as part of the Historic England Thanet Landscape Mapping Project 2024 (1-2).
<1> Historic England Archive, 1944, Historic England Archive USAF vertical aerial photographs, US/7PH/GP/LOC286 V 5010 19-APR-1944 (Archive). SKE57114.
<2> Next Perspectives, 2003-2021, Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 21-APR-2007 (Archive). SKE57110.
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 5010 19-APR-1944. |
| <2> | Archive: Next Perspectives. 2003-2021. Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 21-APR-2007. |
