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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX51356 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War minefield, Dungeness |
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Summary
A Second World War minefield is visible on aerial photographs of 1946 and 2007 as pits extending eastwards from Beach Cottage, Dungeness. This feature was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0891 1766 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR01NE |
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| Parish: | LYDD, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BARBED WIRE OBSTRUCTION (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- BOMB CRATER (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- MINEFIELD (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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The minefield is centred at TR 0902 1767, and extends approximately 566m east to west and 21m north to south. It is visible on aerial photographs as four parallel rows of circular pits; presumably created when the mines were removed (as the photograph was taken in 1946). The minefield is interrupted towards its eastern end by the Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway (Monument Number 1357333), which it continues beyond. It is flanked to the north and south by a single line of barbed wire, which is also visible on aerial photographs. The barbed wire extends approximately 700m east to west. At the eastern end of the minefield, to the west of Beach Cottage, a large sub-circular pit of 10m in diameter is visible on the aerial photographs. This may have been a bomb crater.
The pits of the minefield are still clearly visible on vertical aerial photographs of 2007, although there is no sign of the flanking barbed wire (1-2).
<1> Vertical aerial photograph reference number (Unspecified Type). SWX23825.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <1> | (No record type): Vertical aerial photograph reference number. |
