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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43645 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII barrage balloon site, Walmer |
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Summary
WWII barrage balloon site visible in 1942, but not 1946, located in Walmer. The site was comprised of a total of 19 ditches. One central ditch was surrounded by a ring of eight ditches, then by an incomplete wider ring of six ditches. Three further ditches, of the same form as those set in rings, were located to the SW. The site was no longer visible in 2003.
| Grid Reference: | TR 37823 50012 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR35SE |
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| Parish: | WALMER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BARRAGE BALLOON SITE (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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WWII barrage balloon site visible on aerial photography taken in 1942 [1], but not in 1946 [2], located in Walmer. The site was comprised of a total of 19 ditches, all measuring 1.7m in diameter. One central ditch was surrounded by a ring of eight ditches, then by an incomplete wider ring of six ditches. Four further ditches, of the same form as those set in rings, were located to the SW. The area was heavily overlain with barbed wire (MWX43646) and lay 60m SE of Walmer Castle (MKE7317). The site was no longer visible on aerial photography taken in 2003 [3].
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: TR3750 14-AUG-2003 (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: TR3750 14-AUG-2003. |
