Monument record MWX43519 - WWII military features and barbed wire, St Margaret’s at Cliffe

A single line of WWII barbed wire alongside a circular ditch and a structure with a single circle of barbed wire. Visible on aerial photography taken in 1946 [1], but not observed on aerial photographs taken in 1942 [2], located in St Margaret’s at Cliffe. The wire measured 570m in total and was broken by two trackways and a field boundary. The ditch had a diameter of 10m and the structure was 1m square, with a single width of barbed wire surrounding it at a diameter of 9.5m. The site was not visible on aerial photographs taken in 1950 [3] or Next Perspectives photography taken in 2007 [4].

A transcription of the feature recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER.

<4> Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage, 2003, 2007, Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TR3644 28-APR-2007_Updates (Graphic material). SWX15711.