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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 35 NW 113 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War II defences/earthwork |
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Summary
The amphitheatre at Richborough was fortified as a defensive position during WWII, this slit trench forms part of that scheme. The defensive features were removed following WWII; the slit trenching appears to have been infilled by the late 1940s and appears to have been totally levelled since.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3206 5974 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR35NW |
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| Parish: | ASH, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- TRENCH (TRENCH, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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Short length of castellated trench immediately south of the Amphitheatre. [1]
Aerial photographs from the 1940s show that the amphitheatre at Richborough was fortified as a defensive position during WWII, this slit trench forms part of that scheme [2]. The overall scheme is recorded as MWX43455. The slit trench is of crenellated form lies 30m south of the southern side of the amphitheatre between lines of barbed wire entanglements.
The defensive features were removed following WWII and the slit trenching appears to have been infilled by the late 1940s as it is no longer visible on RAF vertical photographs this date [3]. It appears to have since been totally levelled as no surface trace of the feature is visible on recent aerial photography [4].
<1> AP (NMR TR3259/9; 1 4 80) (OS Card Reference). SKE34000.
<2> Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage, 2003, 2007, Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data, Tile ref: PGA_TR3259_2003-08-14 (Graphic material). SWX15711.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.
<4> Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE25954.
<5> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: AP (NMR TR3259/9; 1 4 80). [Mapped feature: #57976 WWII earthwork, ] |
| <2> | Graphic material: Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage. 2003, 2007. Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data. Tile ref: PGA_TR3259_2003-08-14. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report. |
| <4> | Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping. |
| <5> | Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions. |
Related records
| MWX43455 | Part of: WWII defences at Richborough Amphitheatre (Monument) |
