Monument record MWX43067 - Possible WWII machine gun position in Westbere
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TR 19284 60893 (point) |
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Map sheet | TR16SE |
District | CANTERBURY, KENT |
Civil Parish | WESTBERE, CANTERBURY, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
A walled structure visible sited adjacent to the railway line on early 1940s RAF vertical aerial photographs [1]. The structure is unroofed and C-shaped in plan, open on the northern side, and measured 5m E-W x 4m N-S. It had apparently been removed by July 1945, as it is not visible on RAF vertical aerial photographs of this date [2]. Its function is unclear but it may be a wall sheltering a machine gun position, probably covering the railway line. A similar feature (MWX43066) lies 70m to the west, also sited on the edge of the railway, and was presumably part of the same defensive scheme.
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [3].
<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2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document).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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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 (3)
- <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 SKE25954 Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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 SKE25955 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011.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 (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Non-Intrusive Event: South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Ref: 71330) (EWX10065)
Record last edited
Aug 12 2013 3:24PM