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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43688 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII bank, Walmer |
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Summary
WWII bank of unknown function visible in 1942, located in Walmer. The bank ran NNW-SSE roughly parallel with the W field boundary of the field it lay within. This feature was no longer visible in 1946. Next Perspectives photography taken in 2003 showed the site to be absent.
| Grid Reference: | TR 37502 49487 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34NE |
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| Parish: | WALMER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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WWII bank of unknown function visible on aerial photographs taken in 1942 [1], located in Walmer. The bank was 1.5m wide and 140m long, it ran NNW-SSE roughly parallel with the W field boundary of the field it lay within. This feature was no longer visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946 [2]. Next Perspectives photography taken in 2003 [3] showed the site to be absent.
A WWII similar bank and ditched feature was located 140m to the E (MWX43682).
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. |
