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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX51528 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War barbed wire |
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Summary
A single line of Second World War barbed wire is visible on aerial photographs of 1942 as a structure at the northern end of the golf course to the north of Littlestone-on-Sea. This feature was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0884 2656 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR02NE |
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| Parish: | NEW ROMNEY, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BARBED WIRE OBSTRUCTION (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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The curvilinear line of barbed wire is centred at TR 0884 2656, and leads from the site of a possible anti-aircraft battery (Monument Number 1535091), through a line of anti-invasion scaffolding (Monument Number 1535064). It then runs parallel with the seaward side of the scaffolding before turning back towards it at its northern end.
By the time of the vertical aerial photograph of 1946; the barbed wire appears to have been removed (1-2).
<1> RAF, 1942, NMR RAF/AC81 174-5 26-AUG-1942 (Photograph). SWX23894.
<2> RAF, 1946, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1439 3004-5 30-APR-1946 (Photograph). SWX23808.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Photograph: RAF. 1942. NMR RAF/AC81 174-5 26-AUG-1942. |
| <2> | Photograph: RAF. 1946. NMR RAF/106G/UK/1439 3004-5 30-APR-1946. |
Related records
| MWX51483 | Parent of: Second World War anti-aircraft battery (Monument) |
| MWX51475 | Part of: Second World War anti-invasion scaffolding (Monument) |
