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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 26 NE 1211 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Approximate position of pillbox shown on Luftwaffe 1940 Map. |
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Summary
In the late 1930s and early 1940s the German air force carried our aerial reconnaissance of British defences. They identified a number of sites of possible military nature and depicted them on a 1940 map. The map was at 1:50,000 scale, however, and reflects the uncertain nature of the Germans' information. The map included a pillbox at this location. A 1946 vertical image shows the site at the north end of a castellated trench system, already overgrown.
| Grid Reference: | TR 274 693 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR26NE |
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| Parish: | BIRCHINGTON, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX? (Modern - 1940 AD? to 1945 AD?)
Full description
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A Luftwaffe reconnaissance map showed a pillbox at this location. A 1946 vertical image shows the site at the north end of a castellated trench system, already overgrown. (1,2,3)
<1> RAF, 1946/7, 1946/47 RAF aerial photograph run (Photograph). SKE31381.
<2> 1940, Aerial reconnaissance map created by the Luftwaffe (Germain Air Force) in 1940 (Map). SKE31323.
<3> Mark Samuel, 2015, Defence of Thanet Project: verbal communication from Mark Samuel (Verbal communication). SKE30957.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Photograph: RAF. 1946/7. 1946/47 RAF aerial photograph run. Black and White. Print. |
| <2> | Map: 1940. Aerial reconnaissance map created by the Luftwaffe (Germain Air Force) in 1940. |
| <3> | Verbal communication: Mark Samuel. 2015. Defence of Thanet Project: verbal communication from Mark Samuel. |
