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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43601 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Barbed wire obstructions, Dover |
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Summary
Two lengths of WWII barbed wire visible in 1942 and 1945, located in Dover. These entanglements encircled the outer defences of Western Heights (MKE7019 and NMR 468101). Both features were not visible in 2003.
| Grid Reference: | TR 31056 40847 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BARBED WIRE OBSTRUCTION (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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Two lengths of WWII barbed wire visible on aerial photography taken in 1942 and 1945 [1, 2, 3, and 4], located in Dover. These entanglements encircled the outer defences of Western Heights (MKE7019 and NMR 468101). As Western Heights was a large site which has already been mapped it has been excluded from the South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey; therefore the full extent of the barbed wire was not mapped.
The westernmost line of barbed wire was mapped from aerial photography taken in 1945 [1], this represented a bowed single line of barbed wire. This feature in 1942 [2] was visible as a straight line of wire; thus the most complex incarnation of the feature was mapped. The easternmost line of barbed wire was visible on aerial photographs taken in 1942 and 1945 [3 and 4] as a single line of wire, its position did not alter between these photographs. Both these features were not visible on Next Perspectives photography taken in 2003 [5 and 6].
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photographs exists within a GIS layer held by this HER.
<5> Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage, 2003, 2007, Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TR3040 12-SEP-2003 (Graphic material). SWX15711.
<6> Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage, 2003, 2007, Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TR3140 12-SEP-2003 (Graphic material). SWX15711.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <5> | Graphic material: Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage. 2003, 2007. Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TR3040 12-SEP-2003. |
| <6> | Graphic material: Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage. 2003, 2007. Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TR3140 12-SEP-2003. |
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