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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43074 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War barbed wire obstructions at Dumpton Bay |
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Summary
Second World War barbed wire obstructions at Dumpton Bay, mapped from aerial photographs.
| Grid Reference: | TR 39446 66641 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NE |
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| Parish: | BROADSTAIRS AND ST PETERS, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BARBED WIRE OBSTRUCTION (Modern - 1942 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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Numerous Second World War barbed wire obstructions are visible at Dumpton Bay and have been mapped from aerial photographs taken in May 1942 [1]. By April 1946 these features have been removed [2].
The barbed wire is mainly situated around the entrance onto Dumpton Bay beach and would have made access on land harder.
A pillbox is also present close to the barbed wire, at 639399E, 166499N. More information regarding this structure can be found at MKE39685.
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2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document).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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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 | Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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 | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011.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. |
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