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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 SW 2080 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWI and WWII slit trenches and weapon pits at the Detached Bastion of the Western Heights, Dover |
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Summary
There are several straight and L-shaped slit trenches dug into the rampart, without regard to the pre-existing gun emplacements. Though somewhat eroded, they average 1.7m in width and 0.8m in depth. On the east flank, two flat bottomed circular depressions, 2.85m and 3.5m in diameter respectively, and 0.45m deep, command a view of the North lines up to the entrance and may be successive machine gun emplacements. All may be of either First or Second World War date.(location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)
| Grid Reference: | TR 3110 4088 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SLIT TRENCH (Disused, Modern - 1914 AD? to 1945 AD?)
Full description
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Summarised from report:
There are several straight and L-shaped slit trenches dug into the rampart, without regard to the pre-existing gun emplacements. Though somewhat eroded, they average 1.7m in width and 0.8m in depth. On the east flank, two flat bottomed circular depressions, 2.85m and 3.5m in diameter respectively, and 0.45m deep, command a view of the North lines up to the entrance and may be successive machine gun emplacements. All may be of either First or Second World War date. (1)
<1> RCHME, 2001, The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 7: North Centre and Detached Bastions: 19th-century fortifications (Unpublished document). SKE17503.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Unpublished document: RCHME. 2001. The Western Heights, Dover, Kent. Report No 7: North Centre and Detached Bastions: 19th-century fortifications. [Mapped feature: #92562 WWI and WWII slit trenches and weapon pits at the Detached Bastion of the Western Heights, Dover, ] |
Related records
| TR 34 SW 2066 | Part of: The Detached and North Centre Bastion of the Western Heights, Dover (Monument) |
