Monument record MWX43159 - Cluster of WWII structures and gun pits incorporated into a larger coastal military site, Pegwell Bay

Summary

Located to the south of the military complex (MWX43195) is located a cluster of WWII structures and gun pits, located beside Pegwell Bay and mapped from military aerial photographs taken in February 1941 [1].

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 33951 62237 (80m by 80m)
Map sheet TR36SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish SANDWICH, DOVER, KENT

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Type and Period (4)

Full Description

Located to the south of the military complex (MWX43195) is located a cluster of WWII structures and gun pits, located beside Pegwell Bay and mapped from military aerial photographs taken in February 1941 [1].

The military features include two buildings (one rectangular and one L-shaped) measuring 10m by 4.5m and 6.5 by 5.5m. Beside these structures are two circular gun pits (one banked and one sandbagged) with internal ditches and short trenches leading eastwards from them. Their internal diameters measure around 4m. To the SW of these gun pits are two open rectangular structures measuring 4.4m by 4m and 7.6m by 5.5m. These may be ammunition storage shelters with blast walls or more gun emplacements.

All these features are linked with pathways and are enclosed with two lengths of barbed wire (MWX43203). They are first visible in February 1941 [1] and throughout the war, but are gone by March 2003 [2].


<2> Google Earth, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 5-MAR-2003 ACCESSED 29-MAR-2010 (Graphic material). SWX15704.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <2> Graphic material: Google Earth. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 5-MAR-2003 ACCESSED 29-MAR-2010.

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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 13 2013 4:51PM