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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43970 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII structure, possible pillbox, Walmer |
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Summary
WWII structure, possibly representing a pillbox, visible in 1946, located in Walmer. The feature was an almost square structure. 1942 photography showed the feature to have not yet been created. Next Perspectives photography taken in 2003 showed the feature to be absent.
| Grid Reference: | TR 37506 49375 |
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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 structure, possibly representing a pillbox, visible on aerial photographs taken 1946 [1], located in Walmer. The feature was an almost square structure with sides 8m long. Aerial photographs taken in 1942 [2] did not show the site, implying it was constructed after this date. Next Perspectives photography taken in 2003 [3] showed the feature to be absent.
The feature lay 100m N of a WWII military site (MWX43633), 50m SSE of a smaller WWII military site (MWX43674) and 90m E of WWII earthworks (MWX43671).
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. |
