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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX51438 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War anti-invasion barbed wire, New Romney |
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Summary
A considerable stretch of Second World War anti-invasion barbed wire is visible on aerial photographs of 1942 as a structure along the beach at New Romney. This feature was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0839 2390 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR02SE |
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| Parish: | NEW ROMNEY, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BARBED WIRE OBSTRUCTION (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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The length of barbed wire is centred at TR 0839 2390, and is visible for approximately 845m SSW to NNE from TR 0828 2353 to TR 0846 2435. These defences appear to have been contemporary with a group of three separate anti-aircraft gun batteries located just behind the line of barbed wire itself (Monument Number 1533923); a group of three further gun emplacements against the edge of Marine Parade (Monument Number 1477737); a possible minefield (Monument Number 1533969); and two lines of anti-invasion scaffolding (one beside the road, and one further out on Romney Sands: Monument Numbers 1533929, 1533948).
By the time of vertical aerial photographs of 1946; the single line of barbed wire appears to have been removed (1-2).
<1> RAF, 1942, NMR RAF/AC/81 179-182 26-AUG-1942 (Photograph). SWX23884.
<2> 1946, NMR CPE/UK/1752 4002-3 21-SEPT-1946 (Photograph). SWX23760.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Photograph: RAF. 1942. NMR RAF/AC/81 179-182 26-AUG-1942. |
| <2> | Photograph: 1946. NMR CPE/UK/1752 4002-3 21-SEPT-1946. |
Related records
| 1477737 | Parent of: Documentary evidence suggests that this is the site of a Second World War light anti aircraft (Diver) battery at Littlestone-on-Sea. (Monument) |
| 1533923 | Parent of: LIGHT ANTI AIRCRAFT (DIVER) BATTERY LL29 (Monument) |
| MWX51539 | Parent of: Possible Second World War minefield (Monument) |
| MWX51499 | Parent of: Possible Second World War slit trench, New Romney (Monument) |
| MWX51472 | Parent of: Second World War anti-invasion beach scaffolding (Monument) |
| MWX51473 | Parent of: Second World War anti-invasion scaffolding (Monument) |
