Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

Second World War entrance to a possible underground air raid shelter located to the west of Broadstairs Harbour, mapped from military aerial photographs.

Monument Types

• AIR RAID SHELTER (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Full description

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Second World War entrance to a possible underground shelter located in the grounds of Pierremont Hall, west of Broadstairs Harbour, and has been mapped from military aerial photographs taken in 1942.

A rectangular shaped cut measuring approximately 15m long and 2m wide is visible. This feature could be an entrance into an underground shelter; there is evidence of other disturbance around the entrance, but no sign of a mound that could be associated with an air raid shelter.

It is first visible in December 1941 [1] and has been mapped from phtographs taken in May 1942 [2]. It has been truncated by a garden path in April 1950 [3] and is gone by June 1979 [4].

A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [5].Entrance sealed by iron door.

<5> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.

<5> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.

<5> 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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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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