Castellated slit trench north-east of Wagtail. (1)

The cropmark remains of a short length of Second World War crenelated slit trench seen on Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 14-APR-2015 and mapped as part of the Historic England Thanet Landscape Mapping Project 2024.

This 40m long section of trench forms one small part of the extensive defences constructed around the village of St Nicholas at Wade between 1940 and 1941 when it became a designated Defended Area protecting the crossing point inland from Isle of Thanet (2).

<1> 1990, 1990 collection of vertical aerial photographs of Kent, r11photo094 (Photograph). SKE31386.

<2> Next Perspectives, 2003-2021, Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 14-APR-2015 (Archive). SKE57110.