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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43232 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Coastal defence features located within a larger military complex, Pegwell Bay |
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Summary
Coastal defence features located comprising of circular and square gun pits within a larger military complex, Pegwell Bay, and mapped from military aerial photographs.
| Grid Reference: | TR 33887 62630 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36SW |
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| Parish: | CLIFFSEND, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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WWII coastal defence features located within a larger military complex (MWX43195), Pegwell Bay, and mapped from military aerial photographs.
Defensive features are located within a large military complex visible on military photographs taken in January 1941 [1], April 1944 [2] and January 1946 [3] . These features comprise rectangular and an L-shaped structure, measuring around 10m by 4.5m; circular and square gun pits constructed either of sandbags and mounds of earth, with internal diameters of around 3.5m. In one case a circular gun pit visible in April 1944 [2] is replaced with a structure by January 1946 [3], showing the development of the site.
Most of the features first visible in April 1944 [2] are gone by January 1946, however some features remain apparent after the war and are gone by March 2003 [4].
<4> Google Earth, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 5-MAR-2003 ACCESSED 29-MAR-2010 (Graphic material). SWX15704.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <4> | Graphic material: Google Earth. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 5-MAR-2003 ACCESSED 29-MAR-2010. |
Related records
| MWX43195 | Part of: WWII military site, north of entrance to River Stour, Pegwell Bay (Monument) |
