Monument record MWX43008 - WWII gun position West of Fordwich
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TR 17549 59867 (6m by 7m) |
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Map sheet | TR15NE |
County | KENT |
District | CANTERBURY, KENT |
Civil Parish | FORDWICH, CANTERBURY, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
A defended gun position visible on 1940s RAF aerial photographs [1]. The site was visible as banking defining a circular enclosure around a gun spiggot, it is unclear from photos whether this was sited within a dug pit. The feature appears to have been removed, no visible earthworks on recent aerial photography [2].
This may be the same feature as the anti-tank gun recorded from documentary sources as Mke42807, this lies 225m SW but no features resembling a gun position were seen at its location during NMP mapping.
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [3].
<2> Google Earth (Graphic material). SWX15704.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.
<3> Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE25954.
Sources/Archives (4)
- <2> SWX15704 Graphic material: Google Earth.
- <3> SKE25954 Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping.
- <3> SKE25955 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report.
- <3> SWX15705 Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Non-Intrusive Event: South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Ref: 71330) (EWX10065)
Record last edited
Jan 14 2013 12:00AM