German 'uncertain' 'Klein Kampf-Anlage' defence structure shown on a Luftwaffe reconnaissance map (11.1940); approx location. (1,2)

Aerial photographs taken in 1944 -US/7PH/GP/LOC286 V 5005 19-APR-1944 - record two rows of small mounds (possibly post or aerial foundations), two gun emplacements and an infilled trench to the south of the A299 on the northern edge of St Nicholas at Wade in the vicinity of this Luftwaffe record. These features are likely military features associated with the established Defended Area set up around the village at the beginning of the Second World War. These features were mapped from aerial photographs as part of the Historic England Thanet Landscape Mapping Project 2024 (3-4)

<1> 1940, Aerial reconnaissance map created by the Luftwaffe (Germain Air Force) in 1940 (Map). SKE31323.

<2> Mark Samuel, 2015, Defence of Thanet Project: verbal communication from Mark Samuel (Verbal communication). SKE30957.

<3> Historic England Archive, 1944, Historic England Archive USAF vertical aerial photographs, US/7PH/GP/LOC286 V 5005 19-APR-1944 (Archive). SKE57114.

<4> Historic England Archive, 1941-1960, Historic England Archive RAF vertical aerial photographs, RAF/106G/UK/1378 V 5062 04-APR-1946 (Archive). SKE57101.