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Monument details

Summary

WWII military site visible in 1942, located in Walmer. This site was comprised of an irregularly shaped bank with a pathway leading to it and an enclosure of barbed wire between one and two lines thick. The banking was seen to be disused and overgrown on aerial photography taken in 1946 and the barbed wire removed. Next Perspectives photography taken in 2003 showed the site to be absent.

Monument Types

• BANK (EARTHWORK) (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
• BARBED WIRE ENTANGLEMENT (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
• MILITARY SITE (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Full description

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WWII military site visible on aerial photographs taken in 1942 [1], located in Walmer. This site was comprised of an irregularly shaped bank of 25 x 17m with a pathway leading to it and an enclosure of barbed wire between one and two lines thick spanning 175 x 75m. The banking was seen to be disused and overgrown on aerial photography taken in 1946 [2]. The barbed wire was also seen to be absent on the 1946 photography. Next Perspectives photography taken in 2003 [3] showed the site to be absent.

To the E of this site lay an area of WWII barbed wire (MWX43646) and to the S lay another WWII military site (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.

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