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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43446 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII Slit Trench, west of Dover. |
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Summary
WWII Slit Trench, south of Great Farthingloe Anti-Aircraft Battery, west of Dover.
| Grid Reference: | TR 29877 39839 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR23NE |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SLIT TRENCH (Modern - 1941 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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Approximately 22m long, in a Zigzag shape, with a single bank and trench positioned facing the coast 170m north of the Folkestone Road and 170m south of the Great Farthingloe Anti-Aircraft Battery. Using RAF aerial photographs it was first observed in February 1941 and last observed April 1950. However, August 1968 it was no longer evident. The trench was mapped from photography taken in June 1942 [4].
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photographs exists within a GIS layer held by this HER.
Related records
| MWX43443 | Part of: Great Farthingloe Anti-Aircraft Battery camp, Dover (Monument) |
