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Monument details

HER Number:MKE123975
Type of record:Monument
Name:Second World War anti-landing obstacles south-east of Shuart

Summary

The site of several rows of anti-landing post visible on US/7PH/GP/LOC286 V 5008 19-APR-1944 aerial photographs


Grid Reference:TR 2751 6747
Map Sheet:TR26NE
Parish:ST NICHOLAS AT WADE, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • ANTI LANDING OBSTACLE (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Full description

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The site of several rows of anti-landing post visible on US/7PH/GP/LOC286 V 5008 19-APR-1944 aerial photographs dividing up a large field to the south-east of Shuart 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).


<1> Historic England Archive, 1944, Historic England Archive USAF vertical aerial photographs, US/7PH/GP/LOC286 V 5008 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 5008 19-APR-1944.
<2>Archive: Next Perspectives. 2003-2021. Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 21-APR-2007.