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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43048 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII trenches, adjacent to a probable military facility in Trenley Park Woods |
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Summary
Trenches visible on 1940s aerial photographs, lying adjacent to a probable military facility. They are thought to be related to the military site, perhaps representing a trenched air raid shelter.
| Grid Reference: | TR 18851 59055 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | LITTLEBOURNE, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- TRENCH (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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Trenches visible on 1940s RAF vertical aerial photographs [1], lying adjacent to a probable military facility (MWX43047). Three roughly parallel trenches are visible, spaced c. 14m apart. They are thought to be related to the military site, perhaps representing a simple trenched air raid shelter.
It is unclear if the features remain as earthworks, none are visible on modern aerial photographs [2] but they may be obscured by tree growth.
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [3].
<2> Google Earth (Graphic material). SWX15704.
<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2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document).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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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 | | <2> | Graphic material: Google Earth. |
| <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 | Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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 | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011.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
| MWX43047 | Parent of: WWII Military facility comprising of a small complex of buildings at Trenley Park Woods (Monument) |
