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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 2018 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Military pits associated with military training, Canterbury Golf course |
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Summary
An area of intense pitting, thought to be associated with WWII military training activities, mapped from aerial photographs.
| Grid Reference: | TR 6173e 159e+ |
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| Map Sheet: | TR61NW |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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An area of intense pitting visible on 1946 RAF vertical aerial photographs [1], activity appears to commence after May 1942 as this activity is not visible at this location on photographs of this date [2]. The pits probably relate to military training as Canterbury Golf Course and surrounding land appears to have been requisitioned for training use in WWII. A similar area of pitting was also recorded 300m to the north. It is unclear what activity this may represent, but it may derive from practice foxhole digging.
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2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document).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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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 | Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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 | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011.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
| MWX43022 | Parent of: Area of intense pitting related to WWII military practice, Canterbury Golf course (Monument) |
| MWX43029 | Parent of: WWII military building on Canterbury Golf Course (Monument) |
| MWX43028 | Parent of: WWII military buildings on Canterbury Golf Course (Monument) |
| MWX43026 | Part of: Series of trenches used as WWII military training features on Canterbury Golf Course (Monument) |
