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Monument details
HER Number: | MWX43497 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Nissen huts, Kingsdown |
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Summary
Thirteen nissen huts and the foundations of a further six visible in February 1946, located in Kingsdown. These features were only visible as nine hardstandings in 1980 and as four hardstandings in 2007.
Grid Reference: | TR 37780 46838 |
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Map Sheet: | TR34NE |
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Parish: | RINGWOULD WITH KINGSDOWN, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Thirteen nissen huts and the foundations of a further six visible on aerial photography taken in February 1946 [1, 2], located in Kingsdown. All the extant huts were visible only as foundations on aerial photographs taken in April 1946 [3]; and those which were visible as foundations in February were further degraded as of April. There were two pathways running alongside the huts. These huts were on average 10m x 7m in plan and were laid out mainly in pairs in a linear fashion and the total site spanned 440m x 70m. These features were only visible as nine hardstandings in 1980 [4] the hardstandings of four huts were visible on Next Perspectives photography taken in 2007 [5].
The huts lay alongside the site of a telegraph station (MKE6661 and NMR467439) and were likely functionally linked to the station.
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photographs exists within a GIS layer held by this HER.
<5> Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage, 2003, 2007, Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TR3746 28-APR-2007_Updates (Graphic material). SWX15711.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <5> | Graphic material: Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage. 2003, 2007. Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TR3746 28-APR-2007_Updates. |
Related records
TR 34 NE 30 | Part of: Site of a telegraph station, Kingsdown (Monument) |