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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43477 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII defences west of Richborough fort |
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Summary
A section of slit trenching is visible as an earthwork lying west of Richborough fort on 1940s RAF vertical aerial photograph. It is not visible on recent aerial photographs and appears to have been plough-levelled.
| Grid Reference: | TR 32181 60260 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36SW |
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| Parish: | ASH, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SLIT TRENCH (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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A section of slit trenching is visible as an earthwork lying west of Richborough fort on 1940s RAF vertical aerial photographs [1]. The trench is of castellated form and runs for 150m parallel to the north side of the road leading from the west gate of the fort. It is not visible on recent aerial photographs and appears to have been plough-levelled [2].
This is one of several WWII defensive features recorded around Richborough fort, see Related Monuments.
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [3].
<2> Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage, 2003, 2007, Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data, Tile Ref: PGA_TR3260_2003-08-14 (Graphic material). SWX15711.
<5> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.
<5> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.
<5> 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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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 | | <2> | Graphic material: Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage. 2003, 2007. Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data. Tile Ref: PGA_TR3260_2003-08-14. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <5> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report. |
| <5> | Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions. |
Related records
| MWX43455 | Parent of: WWII defences at Richborough Amphitheatre (Monument) |
| MWX43474 | Parent of: WWII defences, north of Richborough fort (Monument) |
| MWX43473 | Parent of: WWII defences, south of Richborough fort. (Monument) |
| MWX43472 | Parent of: WWII gun emplacements, Richborough. (Monument) |
| TR 36 SW 204 | Part of: Roman settlement at Richborough (Rutupiae) (Monument) |
| MWX43478 | Part of: WWII defences, Richborough Sluice (Monument) |
