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Monument details
| HER Number: | MKE125986 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WW2 Barbed entanglement wire on north side of River Stour |
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Summary
A double line of WW2 Barbed entanglement wire on north side of River Stour visible on aerial photographs :US/7PH/GP/LOC286 V 5008 19-APR-1944
| Grid Reference: | TR 3382 6217 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36SW |
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| Parish: | SANDWICH, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BARBED WIRE ENTANGLEMENT (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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A short curving length of double WW2 barbed wire entanglement on north side of River Stour visible on aerial photographs :US/7PH/GP/LOC286 V 5008 19-APR-1944. This site was mapped as part of the Historic England Thanet Landscape Mapping Project 2024. Removed following the war. (1-2)
<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 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 5008 19-APR-1944. |
| <2> | Archive: Next Perspectives. 2003-2021. Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 07-APR-2021. |
