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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43026 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Series of trenches used as WWII military training features on Canterbury Golf Course |
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Summary
Five trenches, a small rectangular foxhole and a small trench system visible on 1940s aerial photographs and apparently derived from WWII military training activity on Canterbury Golf course.
| Grid Reference: | TR 17384 59441 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | FORDWICH, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Series of trenches used as WWII military training features on Canterbury Golf Course |
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Full description
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A series of trenches visible as fresh earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs [1]. Three types of feature are visible; five short trenches (suppressed V-shaped in plan), a small rectangular foxhole and a small trench system (Y-shaped in plan). It is not clear if any features survive at this location as the area is now covered by dense scrub.
These features are interpreted as relating to military training as Canterbury Golf Course and surrounding land was used for training in WWII.
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [2].
<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.
<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.
<2> 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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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 | | <2> | Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report. |
| <2> | 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) |
| MWX43016 | Parent of: Military pits associated with military training, Canterbury Golf course (Monument) |
| MWX43029 | Parent of: WWII military building on Canterbury Golf Course (Monument) |
| MWX43028 | Part of: WWII military buildings on Canterbury Golf Course (Monument) |
