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Monument details

HER Number:	TR 26 NE 228
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	World War I practice trench system, St. Nicholas at Wade

Summary

The cropmarks of a long practice slit trench surrounding St. Nicholas at Wade. Identified from aerial photographs. This trenching system is associated with a castleated trenching system surrounding the town (see TR 26 NE 1045).

Grid Reference:	TR 2689 6675
Map Sheet:	TR26NE
Parish:	ST NICHOLAS AT WADE, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

TRENCH (Modern - 1914 AD to 1918 AD)

Full description

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Long, linear feature shown on RCHME AP plot with shorter portions nearby. Possibly no slit trench, shown as pitted in other sections (1). KCC AP, 1990, run 11, no. 096 shows 2 more linear features meeting at the SE corner of the 1st section at TR 2665 6680

1976, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10642.

1978, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10651.

Trust For Thanet Archaeology, 1991, Sarre First Time Drainage Scheme (Unpublished document). SWX7084.

<1> RCHME, NMP Kent Pilot Project Crop Mark Transcription (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6448.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
---	Photograph (Print): 1976. Photograph. BXA 30-31 tr276674/4. print.
---	Photograph (Print): 1978. Photograph. CGC 70-73 tr276674/5. print.
---	Unpublished document: Trust For Thanet Archaeology. 1991. Sarre First Time Drainage Scheme.
<1>XY	Miscellaneous Material: RCHME. NMP Kent Pilot Project Crop Mark Transcription. [Mapped feature: #75603 trench, ]

Related records

TR 26 NE 1045

Part of: World War I practice castellated trench, St. Nicholas at Wade (Monument)