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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 36 NW 1205 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Approx site of pillbox identified on 1940 Luftwaffe reconnaissance map |
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Summary
Approx site of pillbox identified on 1940 Luftwaffe reconnaissance map
Point 294
Approx site of Klein-Kampfanlage shown on 11.1940 map. Lawn surface highly uneven (8.12.13) Poss buried remains. ?infilled trench apparent in 1946 aerial.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3068 6972 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NW |
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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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Approx site of pillbox identified on 1940 Luftwaffe reconnaissance map Lawn surface highly uneven (8.12.13) Poss buried remains. ?infilled trench apparent in 1946 aerial. (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. |
