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Monument details

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.

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.

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