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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43448 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII slit trenches, Great Farthingloe Anti-Aircraft Battery, west of Dover. |
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Summary
Three closely positioned Slit Trench's south of the accommodation camp of the Great Farthingloe Anti-Aircraft Battery to the west of Dover.
| Grid Reference: | TR 30005 40015 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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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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Three closely situated slit trench’s with banking south of the accommodation camp of the Great Farthingloe Anti-Aircraft Battery were first observed and mapped from RAF aerial photography December 1941 [1]. Comprising a zigzag shaped slit trench 26m long, a narrow straight trench with banking either side, 14m in length, and an L shaped bank with a trench on the inner side.
The zigzag slit trench was last seen in June 1942 [2]. The straight slit trench was last recorded in November 1946 [3]. The L-shaped bank was last recorded in August 1968 [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) |
