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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX51529 |
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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 crossing Coast Drive, at the southern end of St Marys Bay. This feature was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCAS NMP project.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0893 2687 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR02NE |
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| Parish: | NEW ROMNEY, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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| ST MARY IN THE MARSH, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BARBED WIRE OBSTRUCTION (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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The straight line of barbed wire is centred at TR 0893 2687, and extends for approximately 185m SSW to NNE, from Coast Drive in the south, through a line of anti-invasion scaffolding (Monument Number 1535064) to the boundary between the properties named The Springs and Greycot.
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 3024-5 30-APR-1946 (Photograph). SWX23809.
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 3024-5 30-APR-1946. |
Related records
| MWX51475 | Part of: Second World War anti-invasion scaffolding (Monument) |
| MWX51298 | Part of: Second World War Diver rocket projector battery, St Mary's Bay (Monument) |
