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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43234 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII military complex located on the coast between Botany Bay and Kingsgate Bay, North Foreland |
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Summary
WWII military complex located on the coast between Botany Bay and Kingsgate Bay, and mapped from military aerial photographs.
| Grid Reference: | TR 39367 70879 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR37SE |
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| Parish: | BROADSTAIRS AND ST PETERS, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BARBED WIRE ENTANGLEMENT (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- DEFENCE WORK (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- MILITARY SITE (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- PATH (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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WWII military complex located on the coast between Botany Bay and Kingsgate Bay, and mapped from military aerial photographs taken in January 1941 [1], December 1941 [2] and April 1946 [3]. Features include gun emplacement pits, military buildings, Nissen huts, pillboxes, slit trenching and associated banking, several lengths of barbed wire and general areas of disturbance. The various parts of the site are linked via numerous roadways and paths. For more information regarding the features within this military site, see the child records.
The earliest photographs on which these features are first visible were taken in January 1941 [1], when a majority of the barbed wire was already laid down surrounding and enclosing many of the features. The next series of photographs, taken in December 1941 [2], show the development in the site and the increase in military defence features and barbed wire. By April 1946 [3] most of these features are gone, including all the barbed wire, except for the military base (MWX43001) that was only visible on this series and is gone by April 1950 [4].
Related records
| MWX43239 | Parent of: A military building, possibly a pillbox, within a military site at Kingsgate (Monument) |
| MWX43241 | Parent of: Cluster of WWII buildings surrounded with a slit trench and gun pit, located within a larger military site at Kingsgate (Monument) |
| MWX43243 | Parent of: Cluster of WWII defences containing three military features located within a larger military site at Kingsgate (Monument) |
| MWX43236 | Parent of: Military building, possible pillbox, within a military site at Kingsgate (Monument) |
| TR 37 SE 1121 | Parent of: PILLBOX (Monument) |
| TR 37 SE 1143 | Parent of: PILLBOX (Monument) |
| MWX43001 | Parent of: Second World War military installation located in the golf course at North Foreland (Monument) |
| MWX43245 | Parent of: WWII defence features, located within a larger military site at Kingsgate (Monument) |
| MWX43240 | Parent of: WWII military structure on cliff edge and within a larger military site at Kingsgate (Monument) |
