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Monument details

Summary

A small square building visible in woods at the north end of Canterbury Golf Course on 1945 aerial phtographs. It has been interpreted as a possible pillbox related to the use of the golf course for military training in WWII and seems to have been removed by 1965.

Monument Types

• MILITARY BUILDING (Modern - 1942 AD to 1945 AD)

Full description

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A building visible in woods at the north end of Canterbury Golf Course on 1945 RAF vertical aerial photographs [1]. It is flat-roofed and square in plan and has been interpreted as a possible pillbox. It is not visible on 1942 RAF vertical aerial photographs [2] and seems to have been removed by the 1965 OS aerial survey of the area [3].

The structure is likely to be related to the use of the golf course for training in WWII and lies close to contemporary military training features (MWX43016, MWX43022, MWX43026, MWX43029).

A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [4].

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.

<4> 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2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document).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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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.

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