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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 97 SE 1005 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Line of single piles |
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Summary
Line of single piles, seen on aerial photograph. Probably part of a Second World War anti-shipping boom.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 9689 7350 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ97SE |
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| Parish: | MINSTER-ON-SEA, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BOOM (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- BOOM DEFENCE (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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Line of single piles.Not shown on any mapping. Photogrpahs (1-9).
Assessment by the Pillbox Study Group concluded "this is actually the Southern part of an anti shipping boom that stretched across the Thames to Shoeburyness. Metal poles that form the boom are clearly visible on 1946 APs and some remnants are visible at low tide today." (10)
<1> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9454.
<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9500.
<3> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10223.
<4> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10232.
<5> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11357.
<6> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11358.
<7> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11359.
<8> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11360.
<9> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11361.
<10> Pillbox Study Group, Pillbox Study Group communication (Verbal communication). SKE52253.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4009. print. |
| <2> | Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 3066. print. |
| <3> | Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. 3310. print. |
| <4> | Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. 3353. print. |
| <5> | Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ9673/1. print. |
| <6> | Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ9673/2. print. |
| <7> | Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ9673/3. print. |
| <8> | Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ9673/4. print. |
| <9> | Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ9673/5. print. |
| <10> | Verbal communication: Pillbox Study Group. Pillbox Study Group communication. |
