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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX51472 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War anti-invasion beach scaffolding |
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Summary
A long length of Second World War anti-invasion beach scaffolding is visible on aerial photographs from the vicinity of the pub called The Pilot at Dungeness, northwards past Lade, Greatstone-on-Sea, and Romney Sands, to Littlestone-on-Sea. This is a continuation of the beach scaffolding to the south at Dungeness (Monument Number 1533475), and it continues yet further northwards as Monument Number 1535069. The beach scaffolding had been removed by the time of the vertical aerial photograph of 1959. This feature was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0838 2196 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR02SE |
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| Parish: | LYDD, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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| NEW ROMNEY, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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This stretch of defensive beach scaffolding is centred at TR 0838 2196, and is visible on vertical aerial photographs of 1943, 1946 and 1947 for a continuous length of approximately 6.2km from the vicinity of The Pilot pub at TR 0916 1855; to Littlestone-on-Sea at TR 0851 2455. Between Lade and Greatstone-on-Sea the course of the scaffolding veers away from the seafront out onto the shallowly-sloping beach at Romney Sands. On some of the aerial photographs the scaffolding is therefore only faintly visible in the water at high tide.
This is a continuation of the beach scaffolding to the south at Dungeness (Monument Number 1533475), and it continues yet further northwards as Monument Number 1535069. It is contemporary with a range of other features related to Second World War defence; such as a PLUTO conundrum (Monument Number 1533741), lines of barbed wire (Monument Number 1533410) and rows of concrete anti-tank cubes (Monument Number 1533964).
The beach scaffolding had been removed by the time of the vertical aerial photograph of 1959 (1-4).
<1> RAF, 1943, NMR RAF/AC81 194-5 26-AUG-1943 (Photograph). SWX23900.
<2> RAF, 1946, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1725 3108-3109 10-SEPT-1946 (Photograph). SWX23823.
<3> RAF, 1947, NMR RAF/CAL/UK/1 0098 02-JUN-1947 (Photograph). SWX23611.
<4> RAF, 1959, NMR RAF/58/2778 0199-0200 01-MAY-1959 (Photograph). SWX23876.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Photograph: RAF. 1943. NMR RAF/AC81 194-5 26-AUG-1943. |
| <2> | Photograph: RAF. 1946. NMR RAF/106G/UK/1725 3108-3109 10-SEPT-1946. |
| <3> | Photograph: RAF. 1947. NMR RAF/CAL/UK/1 0098 02-JUN-1947. |
| <4> | Photograph: RAF. 1959. NMR RAF/58/2778 0199-0200 01-MAY-1959. |
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) |
| 1533475 | Parent of: DUNGENESS WEST EMERGENCY COASTAL BATTERY (Monument) |
| 1533923 | Parent of: LIGHT ANTI AIRCRAFT (DIVER) BATTERY LL29 (Monument) |
| MWX51508 | Parent of: PLUTO Conun drum (Monument) |
| MWX51539 | Parent of: Possible Second World War minefield (Monument) |
| MWX51473 | Parent of: Second World War anti-invasion scaffolding (Monument) |
| 1535069 | Parent of: ST MARY'S BAY COASTAL BATTERY (Monument) |
| MWX51438 | Part of: Second World War anti-invasion barbed wire, New Romney (Monument) |
