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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43668 |
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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 visible in 1942, located in Walmer. The single line of wire ran for 480m. This wire was no longer visible in 1946. Next Perspectives photography taken in 2003 showed this feature to be absent.
| Grid Reference: | TR 37578 49741 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34NE |
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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 visible on aerial photographs taken in 1942 [1], located in Walmer. The single line of wire ran for 480m. This wire was no longer visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946 [2]. Next Perspectives photography taken in 2003 [3] showed this feature to be absent.
This feature was located close to a WWII site in the N (MWX43667) and a WWII military site to the S (MWX43669).
A transcription of the feature recorded from aerial photography 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: TR3749 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: TR3749 14-AUG-2003. |
