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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43514 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII military site, St Margaret’s at Cliffe |
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Summary
A WWII military site visible in 1946, and not observed in 1942, located in St Margaret’s at Cliffe. The site was comprised of two nissen huts and one separate structure alongside five banks. To the NW was a slit trench and to the S was a series of earthworks which may have formed a munitions dump and included a possible banked gun emplacement. The site was no longer visible in 2003 and 2007.
| Grid Reference: | TR 36140 44438 |
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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
Full description
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A WWII military site visible on aerial photography taken in 1946 [1], which was not observed in 1942 [2], located in St Margaret’s at Cliffe. The site was comprised of two nissen huts and one separate structure alongside five banks, to the NW was a slit trench and to the S was a series of earthworks which may have formed a munitions dump and included a possible banked gun emplacement. The nissen huts were 12m x 8m, the smaller structure was 6m x 4m and surrounding banking was 4-5m thick. The slit trench was 25m long and 2-7m wide. Two of the earthworks were banked and between 6m and 10m square, another was circular with a diameter of 5m. The possible gun emplacement was 13.5m in diameter with banks 2m thick. The site was no longer visible on Next Perspectives photography taken in 2003 and 2007 [3, 4], when it was in use as an arable field (with part of the slit trench built upon).
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photographs 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 17-SEP-2003 (Graphic material). SWX15711.
<4> 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 17-SEP-2003. |
| <4> | 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. |
