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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR37 SW 1079 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Traces of possible Second World War trench/?barbed wire system visible as earthworks (2014) and/or as parchmarks. |
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Summary
Traces of possible Second World War trench/?barbed wire system visible as earthworks (2014) and/or as parchmarks. Location approximate. Not shown on 1940 Luftwaffe reconnaissance map unless they are the 'arrangments of unknown type' shown in this area.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3342 7054 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR37SW |
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| Parish: | MARGATE, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- TRENCH (Modern - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)
Full description
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Traces of possible Second World War trench/?barbed wire system visible as earthworks (2014) and/or as parchmarks. Location approximate. Not shown on 1940 Luftwaffe reconnaissance map unless they are the 'arrangments of unknown type' shown in this area (1,2)
<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.
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. |
