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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43516 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII earthwork, near St Margaret’s at Cliffe |
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Summary
WWII earthwork of unknown function visible in 1946, but not in 1941 or 1942, located near St Margaret’s at Cliffe. The site was comprised of one ditch with a backing bank located 20m from the cliff edge. The site was no longer visible in 1950 and by 2007 the cliff top had eroded.
| Grid Reference: | TR 37262 45583 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34NE |
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| Parish: | ST MARGARET’S AT CLIFFE, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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WWII earthwork of unknown function visible on aerial photography taken in 1946 [1, 2], but not in 1941 or 1942 [3, 4], located near St Margaret’s at Cliffe. The site was comprised of one ditch with a backing bank located 20m from the cliff edge. The feature was 40m x 4m in total. The site was no longer visible in 1950 [5] and Next Perspectives photography taken in 2007 [6] showed the cliff to have eroded. A similar feature was seen 450m to the NE (MWX43517).
A transcription of the feature recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER.
<6> Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage, 2003, 2007, Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TR3745 28-APR-2007_Updates (Graphic material). SWX15711.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | <6> | Graphic material: Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage. 2003, 2007. Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TR3745 28-APR-2007_Updates. |
Related records
| MWX43517 | Parent of: WWII earthwork, near St Margaret’s at Cliffe (Monument) |
