Monument record MWX43008 - WWII gun position West of Fordwich

Summary

A defended gun position visible in field 146m SE of Black Mill Bridge, Sturry, mapped from 1940s aerial photographs.

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 17549 59867 (6m by 7m)
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2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document).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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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> Graphic material: Google Earth.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report.
  • <3> 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