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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43012 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War defensive barbed wire entanglement located south of Joss Bay, North Foreland |
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Summary
Second World War coastal defences composed of lengths of barbed wire, located south of Joss Bay, North Foreland
| Grid Reference: | TR 39999 69354 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NE |
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| Parish: | BROADSTAIRS AND ST PETERS, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BARBED WIRE ENTANGLEMENT (Modern - 1942 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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A series of lengths of barbed wire associated with the Second World War coastal defences. The barbed wire is located to the south of Joss Bay, North Foreland and runs perpendicular to the coastline.
A possible pillbox (MWX43011) is located close to the northern extent of the barbed wire, and is probably associated with the overall defence system.
The barbed wire was mapped from, and is first visible on, military aerial photographs taken in May 1942 [1] and had been removed by April 1946 [2].
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [3].
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.
<3> 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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <3> | Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report. |
| <3> | Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions. |
Related records
| MWX43011 | Parent of: Possible pillbox from the Second World War south of Joss Bay, North Foreland (Monument) |
