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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43413 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII slit trenching at Sir Roger Manwood's School, Sandwich |
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Summary
A short length of WWII slit trenching is visible in the grounds of Sir Roger Manwood's School, Sandwich on a 1942 aerial photograph. It appears to have been infilled after the war and recent aerial photography shows the area as covered by grass and trees.
It is possible that this feature may represent a temporary air-raid shelter as the School is recorded as housing evacuees from London during WWII.
| Grid Reference: | TR 33541 57713 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR35NW |
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| Parish: | SANDWICH, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SLIT TRENCH (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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A short length of WWII slit trenching is visible in the grounds of Sir Roger Manwood's School, Sandwich on a 1942 RAF vertical aerial photograph [1]. The trench lies adjacent to St. Georges Road, at the southern corner of the School's grounds, and runs for c.40m parallel to that road. The trench appears to have been infilled after the war and recent aerial photography shows the area as covered by grass and trees [2].
It is possible that this feature may represent a temporary air-raid shelter as the School is recorded as housing evacuees from London during WWII [3].
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [4].
<3> General websites from the Internet, http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/content/articles/2009/08/27/ww2_evacuees_feature.shtml (Unpublished document). SWX15706.
<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.
<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.
<4> 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: General websites from the Internet. http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/content/articles/2009/08/27/ww2_evacuees_feature.shtml. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <4> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report. |
| <4> | Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions. |
