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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43510 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Barbed wire, St Margaret’s at Cliffe |
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Summary
A single line of WWII barbed wire visible in 1946, located in St Margaret’s at Cliffe. The wire was broken by a trackway, and ran through an area of four WWII bomb craters. The site was not visible in 1950 or 2007.
| Grid Reference: | TR 36411 44923 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SE |
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| Parish: | ST MARGARET’S AT CLIFFE, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BARBED WIRE ENTANGLEMENT (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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A single line of WWII barbed wire visible on aerial photography taken in 1946 [1], located in St Margaret’s at Cliffe. The wire measured 460m in total, was broken by a trackway, and ran through an area of four WWII bomb craters (MWX43509). The site was not visible on aerial photography taken in 1950 [2] or Next Perspectives photography taken in 2007 [3].
A transcription of the feature recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER.
<3> Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage, 2003, 2007, Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TR3644 28-APR-2007_Updates (Graphic material). SWX15711.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <3> | Graphic material: Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage. 2003, 2007. Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TR3644 28-APR-2007_Updates. |
