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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 26 NE 1214 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | German 'uncertain' defence structure shown on 1940 Luftwaffe map. Mounds, gun emplacements, ditches seen on aerial photographs at this location |
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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 'Klein Kampf-Anlage' defence structure here. Earthwork mounds, gun emplacements and ditches seen on 1944 aerial photographs at this location.
| Grid Reference: | TR 2610 6717 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR26NE |
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| Parish: | ST NICHOLAS AT WADE, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- DEFENCE WORK? (Modern - 1940 AD? to 1945 AD?)
- GUN EMPLACEMENT (Modern - 1940 AD to 1945 AD)
- MOUND (Modern - 1940 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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German 'uncertain' 'Klein Kampf-Anlage' defence structure shown on a Luftwaffe reconnaissance map (11.1940); approx location. (1,2)
Aerial photographs taken in 1944 -US/7PH/GP/LOC286 V 5005 19-APR-1944 - record two rows of small mounds (possibly post or aerial foundations), two gun emplacements and an infilled trench to the south of the A299 on the northern edge of St Nicholas at Wade in the vicinity of this Luftwaffe record. These features are likely military features associated with the established Defended Area set up around the village at the beginning of the Second World War. These features were mapped from aerial photographs as part of the Historic England Thanet Landscape Mapping Project 2024 (3-4)
<1> 1940, Aerial reconnaissance map created by the Luftwaffe (Germain Air Force) in 1940 (Map). SKE31323.
<2> Mark Samuel, 2015, Defence of Thanet Project: verbal communication from Mark Samuel (Verbal communication). SKE30957.
<3> Historic England Archive, 1944, Historic England Archive USAF vertical aerial photographs, US/7PH/GP/LOC286 V 5005 19-APR-1944 (Archive). SKE57114.
<4> Historic England Archive, 1941-1960, Historic England Archive RAF vertical aerial photographs, RAF/106G/UK/1378 V 5062 04-APR-1946 (Archive). SKE57101.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Map: 1940. Aerial reconnaissance map created by the Luftwaffe (Germain Air Force) in 1940. |
| <2> | Verbal communication: Mark Samuel. 2015. Defence of Thanet Project: verbal communication from Mark Samuel. |
| <3> | Archive: Historic England Archive. 1944. Historic England Archive USAF vertical aerial photographs. US/7PH/GP/LOC286 V 5005 19-APR-1944. |
| <4> | Archive: Historic England Archive. 1941-1960. Historic England Archive RAF vertical aerial photographs. RAF/106G/UK/1378 V 5062 04-APR-1946. |
