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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43478 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII defences, Richborough Sluice |
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Summary
Two circuits of barbed-wire entanglement are visible northeast of Richborough fort at Richborough Sluice. They run from the railway line to both the River Stour and to the Richborough Stream. The entanglements were removed following the war and are not visible on recent aerial photography.
| Grid Reference: | TR 32636 60275 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36SW |
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| Parish: | ASH, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BARBED WIRE ENTANGLEMENT (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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Two circuits of barbed-wire entanglement are visible northeast of Richborough fort at Richborough Sluice [1]. The barbed-wire circuits run from the railway line to both the River Stour and to the Richborough Stream. Those lying east of the railway line also overlie the traces of tramways assocaied with the WWI military site of Richborough Port (MWX?????).
The entanglements were removed following the war and are not visible on recent aerial photography [2]. They are 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.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.
<3> 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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report. |
| <3> | 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) |
| MWX43477 | Parent of: WWII defences west of Richborough fort (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) |
