Monument record MWX43603 - Possible gun position or shelter, Dover

WWII possible gun position or shelter visible on aerial photography taken in 1942 and 1945 [1 and 2], located in Dover. This site measuring 14m x 10m lay 50m W of the North Centre Bastion of Western Heights (MKE7019 and NMR 468101) midway down the slope. It was banked with two roughly circular ditched features, which may represent a defensive position, or an entrance. The feature was no longer visible on Next Perspectives photography taken in 2003 [3] when the site was under grassland.

This site lay in an area of WWII features, alongside was one potential small barrage balloon site (MWX43606), a military building (MWX43605) and two large cut features (MWX43602 and MWX43604).

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

<3> Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage, 2003, 2007, Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TR3040 12-SEP-2003 (Graphic material). SWX15711.