Monument record MWX43028 - WWII military buildings on Canterbury Golf Course

Summary

A group of buildings recorded from 1945 vertical aerial photographs. They appear to be military structures related to the use of the golf course for training in WWII and seem to have been removed by 1965.

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 17355 59580 (31m by 18m)
Map sheet TR15NE
County KENT
District CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish FORDWICH, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

A group of buildings recorded from 1945 RAF vertical aerial photographs lying at the north end of Canterbury Golf Course [1]. It comprises three flat-roofed buildings, rectangular in plan, built on the edge of woodland next to an established track. The buildings are spaced 30m apart and the easternmost two have disruptive pattern roofs.
The buildings do not appear on 1942 RAF vertical aerial photographs [2] and seem to have been removed by 1965 OS aerial survey of the area [3]. They are likely to be related to the use of the golf course for training in WWII and lie close to contemporary military training features (MWX43016, MWX43022, MWX43026, MWX43029).

A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [4].


<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.

<4> 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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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)

  • <4> Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report.
  • <4> 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 (4)

Related Events/Activities (1)

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

Record last edited

Aug 12 2013 1:19PM