Monument record MWX43026 - Series of trenches used as WWII military training features on Canterbury Golf Course

Summary

Five trenches, a small rectangular foxhole and a small trench system visible on 1940s aerial photographs and apparently derived from WWII military training activity on Canterbury Golf course.

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 17374 59427 (140m by 112m)
Map sheet TR15NE
County KENT
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish FORDWICH, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

A series of trenches visible as fresh earthworks on 1940s aerial photographs [1]. Three types of feature are visible; five short trenches (suppressed V-shaped in plan), a small rectangular foxhole and a small trench system (Y-shaped in plan). It is not clear if any features survive at this location as the area is now covered by dense scrub.

These features are interpreted as relating to military training as Canterbury Golf Course and surrounding land was used for training in WWII.

A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [2].


<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.

<2> 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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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 (3)

  • <2> Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report.
  • <2> Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions.

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Related Monuments/Buildings (4)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Ref: 71330) (EWX10065)

Record last edited

Mar 15 2022 11:27AM