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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 13 NW 78 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of Trenches Near, Lympne Airfield |
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Summary
On the 1946 RAF aerial photograph is a length of zig-zag trenching, at least 240 metres in length. Its exact purpose is not completely clear, but it must have been to defend the airfield. Not visible on the 1999 aerial photographs.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1087 3534 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR13NW |
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| Parish: | LYMPNE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- TANK TRAP? (Demolished 1946?, Modern - 1940 AD? to 1946 AD? (between))
Full description
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On the 1946 RAF aerial photograph is a length of zig-zag trenching, at least 240 metres in length. Its exact purpose is not completely clear, but it must have been to defend the airfield. Not visible on the 1999 aerial photographs.(1)
<1> Ministry of Defence (RAF), 1946, Photograph, 106G/UK/1449/3342 (Photograph (Print)). SKE8331.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Photograph (Print): Ministry of Defence (RAF). 1946. Photograph. 106G/UK/1449/3342. Black and white. 106G/UK/1449/3342. |
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