Monument record MWX43651 - WWII military camp, Walmer

WWII military camp visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946 [1], located in Walmer. The site was not visible on aerial photographs taken in 1942 [2] when the area was an unused plot of land. It measured 50 x 75m and was located on a domestic road. The camp was comprised of two long nissen huts joined with two structures, a further nissen hut, five small structures, an area of probable hard standing, a curvilinear bank and associated pathways. The site was seen to have been developed as a housing estate on Next Perspectives photography taken in 2003 [3].

This camp lay 70m ESE of Walmer RAF Camp (Mke41957). To the E lay a series of WWII earthworks (MWX43653) and an area of barbed wire (MWX43652).

A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photographs 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: TR3750 14-AUG-2003 (Graphic material). SWX15711.