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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43647 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII barbed wire, Walmer |
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Summary
WWII barbed wire obstruction visible in, but not in 1946, located in Walmer. The wire ran N-S for 550m along the beach and was generally three lines thick. This was attached to another section of wire in the S (MWX43646). The structures were no longer visible in 2003.
| Grid Reference: | TR 37841 50474 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR35SE |
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| Parish: | WALMER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BARBED WIRE OBSTRUCTION (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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WWII barbed wire obstruction visible on aerial photographs taken in [1942], but not in 1946 [2], located in Walmer. The wire ran N-S for 550m along the beach and was generally three lines thick with 25m between the lines. This line of wire was attached to another section of wire in the S (MWX43646). The structures were no longer visible on Next Perspectives 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
| Cross-ref.
| 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. |
Related records
| MWX43646 | Part of: WWII barbed wire, Walmer (Monument) |
| MWX43649 | Part of: WWII barbed wire, Walmer to Deal (Monument) |
