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Monument details

HER Number:TR 37 SE 1336
Type of record:Monument
Name:Approximate position of 'arrangement of unknown purpose' shown on 1940 Luftwaffe reconnaissance map

Summary

Approximate position of 'arrangement of unknown purpose' shown on 1940 Luftwaffe reconnaissance map. A white round structre (possibly a tank) is visible in 1946 aerial photographs.


Grid Reference:TR 3699 7132
Map Sheet:TR37SE
Parish:MARGATE, THANET, KENT

Monument Types

  • DEFENCE WORK? (Modern - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)

Full description

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Approximate position of 'arrangement of unknown purpose' shown on 1940 Luftwaffe reconnaissance map. A white round structure (possibly a tank) is visible in 1946 aerial photographs (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.