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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX51499 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible Second World War slit trench, New Romney |
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Summary
A possible Second World War slit trench is visible on aerial photographs as earthworks on the beach just to the south of the Lifeboat Station at New Romney. This feature was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0830 2356 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR02SE |
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| Parish: | NEW ROMNEY, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SLIT TRENCH (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
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The possible slit trench is centred on the beach at TR 0829 2356 and extends across an area measuring approximately 50m south-west to north-east. It consists of a pair of parallel banks either side of a trench, and measures a maximum of seven metres wide to the outer edges of the banks.
It is visible as an earthwork on vertical aerial photographs of 1946. It occupies the site of a line of defensive barbed wire that was visible on vertical aerial photographs of 1942 but which had been removed prior to 1946 (Monument Number 1533960). By the time of the next available vertical aerial photograph of 1959; all traces of the trench had been removed (1-2).
<1> RAF, 1942, NMR RAF AC-81 179-182 26-AUG-1942 (Photograph). SWX23790.
<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
| MWX51438 | Part of: Second World War anti-invasion barbed wire, New Romney (Monument) |
