Monument record TR 36 NW 1237 - Possible WW2 ammuniton dump fronting on Manston Road.

Summary

RAF/HLA/564 V 6016 01-JUN-1942 aeria photograph shows a large semi-circle cluster of units with blast walls fronting on Manston Road likely to be an ammuniton store

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 3426 6811 (147m by 186m)
Map sheet TR36NW
County KENT
District THANET, KENT
Civil Parish MANSTON, THANET, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

?1946 aerial shows very clearly large semi-circle cluster of accommodation units fronting on Manston Road. German map identifies this as Anti-aircraft defence but ?1946 aerial shows four strange objects to west, most easily identified as concrete bases for Radar aerials. Four aerials were grouped closely together (Chain Home Low Receiving Array?).

RAF/HLA/564 V 6016 01-JUN-1942 aerial photograph shows a large semi-circle cluster of huts with earthen blast walls fronting on Manston Road within a semi-circular enclosure of barbed wire. The spacing of the huts and the interstitial blast walls suggests ammunition storage. Within this enclosure are further structures including a hut, two gun enplacements. To the west of this site are four Heavy Anti-Aircraft gun enmplacements set in a shallow arc. Each is a sub-square embanked (sand-bagged) enclosure with the four concrete internal ammunition lockers visible - (described as mast bases in (1) above). This site is recorded separately -MKE/Pref Ref 125392. The ammunition store adjacent to the Manston Road may have supplied this site and others in the area. All trace of the site has now been removed. This site was mapped as part of the Historic England Thanet Landscape Mapping Project 2024 (2-3)


<2> Historic England Archive, 1941-1960, Historic England Archive RAF vertical aerial photographs,
RAF/HLA/564 V 6016 01-JUN-1942
(Archive). SKE57101.

<3> Next Perspectives, 2003-2021, Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 14-APR-2015 (Archive). SKE57110.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <2> Archive: Historic England Archive. 1941-1960. Historic England Archive RAF vertical aerial photographs. RAF/HLA/564 V 6016 01-JUN-1942.
  • <3> Archive: Next Perspectives. 2003-2021. Next Perspectives APGB orthophotography. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery 14-APR-2015.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Historic England Thanet Landscape - Aerial Investigation Mapping (EKE23827)

Record last edited

Mar 5 2025 4:39PM