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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43678 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII possible gun emplacement, Walmer |
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Summary
WWII possible gun emplacement visible in 1942 and 1946, located in Walmer. The feature was a circular externally banked ditch. The 1946 photography showed the feature to be more degraded than on the 1942 photographs. Next Perspectives photography taken in 2003 showed the feature to be absent.
| Grid Reference: | TR 37500 49529 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34NE |
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| Parish: | WALMER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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WWII possible gun emplacement visible on aerial photographs taken in 1942 and 1946 [1 and 2], located in Walmer. The feature was a circular externally banked ditch measuring 7.5m at maximum diameter, with banking between 2m and 3m wide. The 1946 photography showed the feature to be more degraded than on the 1942 photographs. Next Perspectives photography taken in 2003 [3] showed the feature to be absent.
The feature lay 19m W of a WWII line of barbed wire (MWX43668), 54m NW of a WWII military site (MWX43669) and 65m SE of a WWII site (MWX43666).
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. |
