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Monument details
| HER Number: | MKE125130 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Barbed wire entanglement, Thorne |
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Summary
A barbed wire entanglement enclosing a military installation of Second World War date was visible as a structure in US/7PH/GP/LOC286 V 5010 19-APR-1944.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3341 6504 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NW |
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| Parish: | MINSTER, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BARBED WIRE ENTANGLEMENT (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- MILITARY INSTALLATION (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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A barbed wire entanglement enclosing a military installation of Second World War date was visible as structures in US/7PH/GP/LOC286 V 5010 19-APR-1944. The lines of wire completely surround Thorne except on the northen side, where the boundary was formed by the former course of the Cliffs End road. The barbed wire entanglement articulated with pillboxes, gun emplacements and a group of partially revetted slit trenches (see MKE104044, MKE125126, MKE125127, MKE125128, MKE125129).
The arrangement was recorded as demolished structures in Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 07-APR-2021 and was mapped as part of the Historic England Isle of Thanet project in 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 07-APR-2021 (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 07-APR-2021. |
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