From the report

"The geophysical survey undertaken on the playing field at Salmestone School has identified the location of a buried air raid shelter adjacent to the 1990's extension. A number of linear areas of high energy response in the northern limits may suggest the structure extends beyond the limit of the survey area." (1)

Test pits only found partial traces of the structure. (2)

In 2008 stripping of the topsoil prior to the construction of a new building on the site located the truncated remains of the shelter. (3)

A Second World War air raid shelter is visible as an extant structure on RAF/58/618 V 5094 11-APR-1951. The feature has been demolished and built over on the latest LIDAR Environment Agency DSM 07-DEC-2017. The feature was mapped as part of the Thanet Landscape Mapping Project. (3-4)

Environment Agency, 2017, 2019, LIDAR Environment Agency 1m DSM, LIDAR Environment Agency DSM 07-DEC-2017 (Archive). SKE57109.

<1> NPS Property Consultants Ltd, 2007, New Dining Hall, Salmestone Primary School, Margate: Geophysics Report (Unpublished document). SKE13437.

<2> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 2007, Salmestone Primary School, Margate Kent: Interim Watching Brief Report, Engineering Trial Parts (Unpublished document). SKE17744.

<3> Trust for Thanet Archaeology, 2008, Salmestone Primary School, Margate, Kent: Watching Brief Report - Engineering Trial pits and Groundworks (Unpublished document). SKE17775.

<4> Historic England Archive, 1941-1960, Historic England Archive RAF vertical aerial photographs, RAF/58/618 V 5094 11-APR-1951 (Archive). SKE57101.