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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43543 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Small WWII Military site, Dover |
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Summary
Small WWII military site visible in 1942 and 1945, and located in Dover. This site was comprised of two small structures, five c-shaped banked features – three with interior ditching – a single circular ditch, a length of barbed wire and a pathway. Only the trackway was visible in 2007, but a small group of trees obscured the view of some features, thus these may remain.
| Grid Reference: | TR 33801 42549 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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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)
- EARTHWORK (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- MILITARY BUILDING (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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Small WWII military site visible on aerial photographs taken in 1942 and 1945 [1 and 2] and located in Dover. This site was comprised of two small structures, five c-shaped banked features – three with interior ditching – a single circular ditch, a length of barbed wire and a pathway. The site spanned 160m x 100m. The pathway leads N from this site to a military complex (MWX43542). SW of the site lay two military reservoirs (MKE17287) and to the S Langdon Battery (Mke41979) was situated. Overlaying this site were a series of slit trenches (MWX43579) which covered the surrounding area. The trackway was still visible as a parch mark in an arable field on Next Perspectives photography taken in 2007 [3]. In the same photography, the larger structure cannot be seen, but the ground was obscured by a small group of trees, which may have been protecting the site. All other features were no longer visible on the 2007 photography.
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: TR3342 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: TR3342 28-APR-2007_Updates. |
