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Monument details

HER Number:1535062
Type of record:Monument
Name:Second World War anti-tank cubes are visible on aerial photographs of 1942

Summary

Second World War anti-tank cubes are visible on aerial photographs of 1942 along a branch of the New Romney Main Sewer crossing the golf course to the north of Littlestone-on-Sea. These features were mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project.


Grid Reference:TR 0826 2543
Map Sheet:TR02NE
Parish:NEW ROMNEY, SHEPWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • ANTI TANK OBSTACLE (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Full description

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The linear arrangement of anti-tank cubes is centred at TR 0826 2543, and extends roughly north-west to south east for approximately 800m. They are contemporary with other adjacent Second World War defences, such as barbed wire to the south (Monument Number 1535051) and scaffolding to the north (Monument Number 1535064). By the time of the vertical aerial photograph of 1959; the anti-tank cubes had been removed (1-2).


<1> Vertical aerial photograph reference number (Unspecified Type). SWX23896.

<2> Vertical aerial photograph reference number (Unspecified Type). SWX23875.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>(No record type): Vertical aerial photograph reference number.
<2>(No record type): Vertical aerial photograph reference number.

Related records

1535051Parent of: An extensive stretch of Second World War barbed wire is visible on aerial photographs of 1942 (Monument)
MWX51475Part of: Second World War anti-invasion scaffolding (Monument)
1535069Part of: ST MARY'S BAY COASTAL BATTERY (Monument)