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Monument details

Summary

Three WWII gun emplacements visible in 1946 as banks and ditches, located in Kingsdown. The emplacements were located at the coast, between 40m and 21m from the cliff edge. The features were not visible in 2007, and the northernmost feature had been built upon. This site was enclosed by the barbed wire of record MWX43505.

Monument Types

• GUN EMPLACEMENT (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Full description

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Three WWII gun emplacements visible on aerial photography taken in 1946 [1], located in Kingsdown. The bank and ditched emplacements measured 5m x 4m; 4m x 3.5m (with a ditch alongside of 2.5m x 2m); and 3.5m x 2m (with an accompanying ditch of 2.5m x 2.5m) (N to S). The emplacements were located at the coast, between 40m and 21m from the cliff edge. The features were not visible on Next Perspectives photography taken in 2007 [2], and the northernmost feature had been built upon. This site was enclosed by the barbed wire of record MWX43505.

A single gun emplacement (MWX43502) and a collection of five emplacements (MWX43503) lie to the south of this site.

A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photographs exists within a GIS layer held by this HER.

Four emplacements are flagged up.

<2> Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage, 2003, 2007, Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TR3747 28-APR-2007_Updates (Graphic material). SWX15711.

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