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ID:SKE30957
Title:Defence of Thanet Project: verbal communication from Mark Samuel
Originator:Mark Samuel
Date:2015
Summary:In 2015 the Defence of Thanet project aimed to gather information on the 20th century military and civil defence sites of Thanet. A number of researchers supported the project by telling Kent County Council about sites they had discovered.

Associated Monuments

TR 37 SE 132819th century barrel vaulted ammunition magazines supporting walkway for ordnance. (Monument) ()
TR 37 SW 10763 possible Second World War anti-aircraft guns set in a triangle (Monument) ()
TR 37 SW 1077A Second World War defended area, Westbrook Bay, Westbrook (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1205A Second World War zig-zag slit trench system with hexagonal strong point and "T" observation points (Monument) ()
TR 36 NW 1215Approx centre of field used as 'Tankanlage' (fuel dump?). (Monument) ()
TR 36 NW 1210Approx position 'Arrangement of unknown type' shown on 11.1940 Fortifications map. (Monument) ()
TR 37 SE 410Approx position of road block marked on 1940 Luftwaffe map (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1230Approx position of a machine gun anti-aircraft site identified on a 1940 Luftwaffe reconnnaisance map. Not visible on 1946 aerials (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1232Approx position of a pillbox and trenches identified on a 1940 Luftwaffe reconnnaisance map. Not visible on 1946 aerials (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1226Approx position of a pillbox identified on a 1940 Luftwaffe reconnnaisance map (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1227Approx position of a pillbox identified on a 1940 Luftwaffe reconnnaisance map. Not visible on 1946 aerials (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1229Approx position of a pillbox identified on a 1940 Luftwaffe reconnnaisance map. Not visible on 1946 aerials (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1228Approx position of an 'uncertain' pillbox identified on a 1940 Luftwaffe reconnnaisance map. Not visible on 1946 aerials (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1217Approx position of 'doubtful' pillbox plotted on 1940 Luftwaffe map (Monument) ()
TR 37 SW 1069Approx position of 'Klein-Kampfanlage' defence of 1940 Luftwaffe reconnaissance map (Monument) ()
TR 36 NW 1208Approx position of 'Klein-Kampfanlage' defence of 1940 Luftwaffe reconnaissance map (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1231Approx position of two road blocks identified on a 1940 Luftwaffe reconnnaisance map. Not visible on 1946 aerials (Monument) ()
TR 27 SE 13Approx site of pillbox identified on 1940 Luftwaffe reconnaissance map (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1234Approx site of pillbox identified on 1940 Luftwaffe reconnaissance map (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1235Approx site of pillbox identified on 1940 Luftwaffe reconnaissance map (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1236Approx site of pillbox identified on 1940 Luftwaffe reconnaissance map (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1238Approx site of pillbox identified on 1940 Luftwaffe reconnaissance map (Monument) ()
TR 36 NW 1205Approx site of pillbox identified on 1940 Luftwaffe reconnaissance map (Monument) ()
TR 36 NW 1206Approx site of pillbox identified on 1940 Luftwaffe reconnaissance map (Monument) ()
TR 37 SW 1068Approx site of pillbox identified on 1940 Luftwaffe reconnaissance map (Monument) ()
TR 36 NW 1207Approx site of uncertain Second World War site on Luftwaffe reconnaissance map (Monument) ()
TR 37 SE 1344Approximate centre point of concrete structure on regular iron girders extending for c. 62 m along cliff edge. (Monument) ()
TR 37 SE 1350Approximate position of Anti-Aircraft defence. (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1215Approximate position of anti-aircraft gun plotted on German Luftwaffe map (1940) (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1216Approximate position of anti-aircraft gun plotted on German Luftwaffe map (1940) (Monument) ()
TR 37 SE 1332Approximate position of 'arrangement of unknown purpose' defence site shown on 1940 Luftwaffe reconnaissance map. (Monument) ()
TR 37 SE 1330Approximate position of 'arrangement of unknown purpose' shown 1940 Luftwaffe reconnaissance map (Monument) ()
TR 37 SE 1331Approximate position of 'arrangement of unknown purpose' shown on 1940 Luftwaffe reconnaissance map (Monument) ()
TR 37 SE 1335Approximate position of 'arrangement of unknown purpose' shown on 1940 Luftwaffe reconnaissance map (Monument) ()
TR 37 SE 1336Approximate position of 'arrangement of unknown purpose' shown on 1940 Luftwaffe reconnaissance map (Monument) ()
TR 37 SW 1082Approximate position of 'Klein-Kampfanlage' defence site marked on 1940 Luftwaffe map (Monument) ()
TR 37 SE 1351Approximate position of Klein-Kampfanlage. (Monument) ()
TR 37 SE 1354Approximate position of Klein-Kampfanlage. (Monument) ()
TR 37 SE 1355Approximate position of Klein-Kampfanlage. (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1211Approximate position of pillbox shown on Luftwaffe 1940 Map. (Monument) ()
TR 37 SW 1074Approximate position of possible Second World War defence site (Monument) ()
TR 37 SE 1329Approximate position of roadblock shown on 11.1940 map. (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1219Approximate position of Second World War pillbox as indicated on a 1940 Luftwaffe reconnaissance map (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1220Approximate position of Second World War pillbox as indicated on a 1940 Luftwaffe reconnaissance map. Marked as 'doubtful' (Monument) ()
TR 37 SE 1338Approximate site of Air Raid shelter (Monument) ()
TR 37 SE 1339Approximate site of Air Raid shelter (Monument) ()
TR 36 NE 2426Approximate site of 'College Road' Second World War Air Raid shelter (Monument) ()
TR 37 SE 1382Approximate site of 'Dane Park' Second World War Air Raid shelter (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1244Approximate site of 'doubtful' Klein Kampfanlage. (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1242Approximate site of 'possible' Klein Kampfanlage shown on German 11.1940 map. (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1243Approximate site of 'possible' Klein Kampfanlage. (Monument) ()
TR 37 SE 1380Approximate site of Second World War air raid shelter (Monument) ()
TR 36 NW 1211Approximate site of Second World War air raid shelter (Monument) ()
TR 37 SW 1084Approximate site of Second World War air raid shelter (Monument) ()
TR 37 SW 1085Approximate site of Second World War air raid shelter (Monument) ()
TR 37 SE 1327Arrangement of unknown type' shown on 1940 Luftwaffe reconnaissance map. (Monument) ()
TR 37 SE 1343Emergency slipway (Monument) ()
TR 37 SE 1333'Fort Crescent' Battery 2 X 6" guns, 335 Battery. (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1214German 'uncertain' defence structure shown on 1940 Luftwaffe map. Mounds, gun emplacements, ditches seen on aerial photographs at this location (Monument) ()
TR 26 NW 1224'leichte Flak' (light anti aircraft) battery (Monument) ()
TR 37 SE 1341Massive broken slab of concrete in cliff face with void below it. (Monument) ()
TR 37 SE 1340'Munro Cobb's' Approximate site of Air Raid shelter according to Thanet Gazette 10.7.15. (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1221Possible buried gun emplacement visible as parchmark. (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1222Possible buried gun emplacement visible as parchmark. (Monument) ()
TR 37 SE 1342Possible concrete floor slab (Monument) ()
TR 26 NW 1225Possible defence work identified on Luftwaffe Second World War reconnaissance map 1940 (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1241Possible defence work identified on Luftwaffe Second World War reconnaissance map. (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1208Possible military site identified by Luftwaffe during Second World War (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1218Possible pillbox plotted on Second World War Luftwaffe reconnaissance map (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1213Possible pillbox shown on Luftwaffe map of 1940 (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1210Possible Second World War anti-tank barrier (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1209Possible Second World War anti-tank ditch (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1223Possible Second World War defence site indicated on a 1940 Luftwaffe reconnaissance map (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1224Possible Second World War defence site, St Nicholas at Wade (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1246Possible Second World War defence work (Monument) ()
TR 36 NW 1223Probable position of destroyed 'Klein Kampfanlage' (Pillbox?). (Monument) ()
TR 36 NW 1228Probable position of destroyed 'Klein Kampfanlage' (Pillbox?). (Monument) ()
TR 36 NW 1229Probable position of destroyed 'Klein Kampfanlage' (Pillbox?). (Monument) ()
TR 36 NW 1230Probable position of destroyed 'Klein Kampfanlage' (Pillbox?). (Monument) ()
TR 37 SE 1349Probable position of 'Klein-Kampfanlage' defence site shown on 1940 Luftwaffe reconnaissance map (Monument) ()
TR 37 SE 1334Probable position of 'Wegesperre' (road block) indicted on 1940 Luftwaffe reconnaissance map (Monument) ()
TR 37 SE 1356Probable position of 'Wegesperre' (road block). (Monument) ()
TR 37 SW 1083Second World War air raid shelter (Monument) ()
TR 36 NW 1212Second World War air raid shelter ''at Dog and Duck, Hartsdown Road'' (Monument) ()
TR 37 SW 1088Second World War air raid shelter in Adrian Square (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1240Second World War air raid shelter in Cliff Road (Monument) ()
TR 36 NW 1213Second World War air raid shelter in Garden Estate Park Lane (POSSIBLE). (Monument) ()
TR 37 SW 1086Second World War Air raid shelter in Hartsdown Park according to Thanet Gazette 10.7.15. (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1239Second World War air raid shelter in Minnis Road (Monument) ()
TR 37 SW 1087Second World War air raid shelter in Saxon Road (Monument) ()
TR 36 NW 1214Second World War air raid shelter in Victoria Avenue (Monument) ()
TR 37 SW 1080Second World War Air-Raid Precautions post (Monument) ()
TR 36 NW 1218Second World War defended area on the former Hengrove Golf Course (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1195Second World War defended gun position, St Nicholas at Wade (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1233Second World War pillbox identified on a 1940 Luftwaffe reconnaissance map (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1225Second World War trench indicated on a 1940 Luftwaffe reconnaissance map (Monument) ()
TR 26 NE 1212Second World War trench system shown on Luftwaffe map (1940) (Monument) ()
TR 36 NW 1217Second World War trench visible as cropmark. (Monument) ()
TR 37 SE 1337Site of Second World War air raid shelter, part of Ramsgate tunnels (Monument) ()
TR37 SW 1079Traces of possible Second World War trench/?barbed wire system visible as earthworks (2014) and/or as parchmarks. (Monument) ()
TR 37 SW 1081Trench system visible as parchmark in 2013 aerial photographs (Monument) ()