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Monument details

HER Number:TR 15 SE 106
Type of record:Monument
Name:Practice Trench in the Bridge area

Summary

Possible practice trench works.

Grid Reference:TR 1742 5373
Map Sheet:TR15SE
Parish:BRIDGE, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

Protected Status:Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Second World War practice trenches, Bridge

Full description

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Blobs, regularly spaced, in an area of disturbed soil; possibly removed woodland, geology or recent disturbance, but may be archaeological. (1)

Possible practice trenchworks from WW2. Two roughly rectangular sites, one large, approximately 80 m by 50m with emplacements on the outside and linear interal trenches. The other site is much smaller and to the north-north-west. (2)


Royal Air Force, 1946 -47, Aerial Photographic Survey of Kent 1946 -7 (Photograph (Print)). Ske12507.

<1> NMR TR 1753/1 (04-03-77) (OS Card Reference). SKE47628.

<2> Royal Air Force, 1946 -47, Aerial Photographic Survey of Kent 1946 -7 (Photograph (Print)). SKE12507.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---XYPhotograph (Print): Royal Air Force. 1946 -47. Aerial Photographic Survey of Kent 1946 -7. 3116 Run 7. Black and White. [Mapped feature: #43995 practice trench, ]
<1>OS Card Reference: NMR TR 1753/1 (04-03-77).
<2>XYPhotograph (Print): Royal Air Force. 1946 -47. Aerial Photographic Survey of Kent 1946 -7. 3116 Run 7. Black and White. [Mapped feature: #43995 practice trench, ]