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Monument details
HER Number: | MWX43966 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | WWII slit trenches, Upstreet |
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Summary
Three WWII slit trenches visible in 1946, located near Upstreet. The trenches were comprised of irregular linear ditches with external banking. The features spanned an area measuring 170m x 50m. These were no longer visible on Google Earth photography taken in 2003 or on MasterMap dating to 2009.
Grid Reference: | TR 21484 62796 |
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Map Sheet: | TR26SW |
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Parish: | CHISLET, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SLIT TRENCH (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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Three WWII slit trenches visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946 [1], located near Upstreet. As these features were not visible on the Ordnance Survey 1938 edition [2] their construction can be attributed to WWII. The trenches were comprised of irregular linear ditches with external banking. These were likely defensive, particularly considering their proximity to a WWII banked gun pit (MWX43967) and a WWII pillbox (Mke42800). The features spanned an area measuring 170m x 50m. They were between 24m and 17m long; and 11m and 15m wide. The banking measured between 1.5m and 4m thick.
These were no longer visible on Google Earth photography taken in 2003 [3] or on MasterMap dating to 2009 [4].
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photographs exists within a GIS layer held by this HER.
<2> Ordnance Survey, 1928-1947, Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947, 1938/1:2500 (Map). Ske12644.
<3> Google Earth, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 31-DEC-2003 ACCESSED 17-FEB-2011 (Graphic material). SWX15704.
<4> Ordnance Survey, 2009, OS MasterMap, 2009/MasterMap (Cartographic materials). SWX15710.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <2> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1928-1947. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 4th edition 1928-1947. 1938/1:2500. |
<3> | Graphic material: Google Earth. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 31-DEC-2003 ACCESSED 17-FEB-2011. |
<4> | Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 2009. OS MasterMap. 2009/MasterMap. |