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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43083 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII defensive features by Chislet Colliery |
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Summary
Two short lengths of slit trenches are visible in the field immediately west of Chislet Colliery on 1940s aerial photography. They appear to have been infilled following WWII and are not visible on 1980s aerial photographs of the same area.
| Grid Reference: | TR 21668 62226 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR26SW |
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| Parish: | CHISLET, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- SLIT TRENCH (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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Two short lengths of slit trenches are visible in the field immediately west of Chislet Colliery on 1940s aerial photography [1]. The slit-trenches probably represent firing or lookout positions and appear to have been infilled following WWII; they are not visible on 1980s RCHME oblique aerial photographs of the same area [2]. Both trenches are about 10m in length and follow a zigzag course, they are protected by banking on each side.
These are one of several WWII defensive features that were clustered around the colliery and the adjacent stretches of road and river (MWX43081, MWX43082, MWX43084, Mke42800).
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2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document).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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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 | Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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. |
Related records
| TR 26 SW 75 | Parent of: Chislet Colliery (Monument) |
| MWX43082 | Parent of: WWII defended gun position at Chislet Colliery (Monument) |
| MWX43081 | Parent of: WWII defended gun positions at Chislet Colliery (Monument) |
| MWX43084 | Part of: WWII pillbox and trench at Chislet Colliery (Monument) |
