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Monument details
Summary
A small square building visible in woods at the north end of Canterbury Golf Course on 1945 aerial phtographs. It has been interpreted as a possible pillbox related to the use of the golf course for military training in WWII and seems to have been removed by 1965.
Grid Reference: | TR 17473 59564 |
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Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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Parish: | FORDWICH, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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A building visible in woods at the north end of Canterbury Golf Course on 1945 RAF vertical aerial photographs [1]. It is flat-roofed and square in plan and has been interpreted as a possible pillbox. It is not visible on 1942 RAF vertical aerial photographs [2] and seems to have been removed by the 1965 OS aerial survey of the area [3].
The structure is likely to be related to the use of the golf course for training in WWII and lies close to contemporary military training features (MWX43016, MWX43022, MWX43026, MWX43029).
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [4].
<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.
<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.
<4> Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE25954.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <4> | Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping. |
<4> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report. |
<4> | Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions. |
Related records
MWX43022 | Parent of: Area of intense pitting related to WWII military practice, Canterbury Golf course (Monument) |
MWX43016 | Part of: Military pits associated with military training, Canterbury Golf course (Monument) |
MWX43026 | Part of: Series of trenches used as WWII military training features on Canterbury Golf Course (Monument) |
MWX43028 | Part of: WWII military buildings on Canterbury Golf Course (Monument) |