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Monument details

HER Number:MWX43519
Type of record:Monument
Name:WWII military features and barbed wire, St Margaret’s at Cliffe

Summary

A single line of WWII barbed wire alongside a circular ditch and a structure with a single circle of barbed wire. This site was visible in 1946, but not in 1942 and was located in St Margaret’s at Cliffe. The barbed wire was broken by two trackways and a field boundary. The site was not visible in 1950 or 2007.

Grid Reference:TR 36618 44122
Map Sheet:TR34SE
Parish:ST MARGARET’S AT CLIFFE, DOVER, KENT

Monument Types

  • BARBED WIRE ENTANGLEMENT (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
  • DITCH (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
  • STRUCTURE (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Full description

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A single line of WWII barbed wire alongside a circular ditch and a structure with a single circle of barbed wire. Visible on aerial photography taken in 1946 [1], but not observed on aerial photographs taken in 1942 [2], located in St Margaret’s at Cliffe. The wire measured 570m in total and was broken by two trackways and a field boundary. The ditch had a diameter of 10m and the structure was 1m square, with a single width of barbed wire surrounding it at a diameter of 9.5m. The site was not visible on aerial photographs taken in 1950 [3] or Next Perspectives photography taken in 2007 [4].

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


<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

Cross-ref. Source description
<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.