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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43195 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII military site, north of entrance to River Stour, Pegwell Bay |
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Summary
Large WWII military site comprising various typical military structures and defence features including gun emplacement pits, military buildings, several lengths of slit trenching and barbed wire located to the north of the entrance to the River Stour, Pegwell Bay and visible on military aerial photographs - see child records for more information.
| Grid Reference: | TR 33868 62560 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36SW |
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| Parish: | SANDWICH, DOVER, KENT |
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| MINSTER, THANET, KENT |
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| CLIFFSEND, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
- MILITARY BASE (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- MILITARY SITE (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- ROAD (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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Large WWII military site comprising various typical military structures and defence features, located to the north of the entrance to the River Stour, Pegwell Bay and visible on military aerial photographs - see child records for more information.
Features include gun emplacement pits, military buildings, several lengths of slit trenching and barbed wire. The different parts of the site are linked via numerous roadways and paths.
The earliest photographs on which these features are first visible were taken in February 1941 [1]. Developments in the site are apparent in photographs taken in January 1942 [2], April 1944 [3] and January 1946 [4]. A majority of the features are gone by 1950 [6], but any remaining features are entirely gone by March 2003 [5].
<5> Google Earth, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 5-MAR-2003 ACCESSED 29-MAR-2010 (Graphic material). SWX15704.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <5> | Graphic material: Google Earth. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 5-MAR-2003 ACCESSED 29-MAR-2010. |
Related records
| MWX43159 | Parent of: Cluster of WWII structures and gun pits incorporated into a larger coastal military site, Pegwell Bay (Monument) |
| MWX43232 | Parent of: Coastal defence features located within a larger military complex, Pegwell Bay (Monument) |
| TR 36 SW 194 | Parent of: RAF Salvage Yard, Richborough Port (Monument) |
| MWX43231 | Parent of: Two military structures incorporated into a larger military site, Pegwell Bay (Monument) |
| MWX43205 | Parent of: Two WWII military buildings, located to the north of a military site just north of entrance to River Stour, Pegwell Bay (Monument) |
| MWX43203 | Parent of: WWII lengths of barbed wire, located within a military site, north of River Stour, Pegwell Bay (Monument) |
| MWX43204 | Parent of: WWII slit trenching and associated defensive features located within a military site, north of River Stour, Pegwell Bay (Monument) |
