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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43082 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII defended gun position at Chislet Colliery |
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Summary
A defended gun position is visible close to the southern edge of Chislet Colliery on 1940s aerial photographs. It appears to have been removed by 2009 and the surrounding area landscaped.
| Grid Reference: | TR 21376 61996 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR26SW |
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| Parish: | WESTBERE, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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A defended gun position is visible close to the southern edge of Chislet Colliery on 1940s RAF verical aerial photographs [1]. It appears to have been removed by 2009 and the surrounding area landscaped [2].
The gun position is defined by a bank, C-shaped in plan and open to the NW, protecting a gun pit. The emplacement overlooks both the River Stour and railway line.
This is one of several WWII defensive features that were clustered around the colliery and the adjacent stretches of road and river (MWX43081, MWX43083, MWX43084, Mke42800).
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2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document).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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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 | Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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 | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011.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
| MWX43081 | Parent of: WWII defended gun positions at Chislet Colliery (Monument) |
| TR 26 SW 75 | Part of: Chislet Colliery (Monument) |
| MWX43083 | Part of: WWII defensive features by Chislet Colliery (Monument) |
| MWX43084 | Part of: WWII pillbox and trench at Chislet Colliery (Monument) |
