Monument record MWX51499 - Possible Second World War slit trench, New Romney

Summary

A possible Second World War slit trench is visible on aerial photographs as earthworks on the beach just to the south of the Lifeboat Station at New Romney. This feature was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project.

Location

Grid reference TR 0830 2356 (point) Centred
Map sheet TR02SE
County KENT
District FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT
Civil Parish NEW ROMNEY, SHEPWAY, KENT

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Full Description

The possible slit trench is centred on the beach at TR 0829 2356 and extends across an area measuring approximately 50m south-west to north-east. It consists of a pair of parallel banks either side of a trench, and measures a maximum of seven metres wide to the outer edges of the banks. It is visible as an earthwork on vertical aerial photographs of 1946. It occupies the site of a line of defensive barbed wire that was visible on vertical aerial photographs of 1942 but which had been removed prior to 1946 (Monument Number 1533960). By the time of the next available vertical aerial photograph of 1959; all traces of the trench had been removed (1-2).


<1> RAF, 1942, NMR RAF AC-81 179-182 26-AUG-1942 (Photograph). SWX23790.

<2> 1946, NMR CPE/UK/1752 4002-3 21-SEPT-1946 (Photograph). SWX23760.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Photograph: RAF. 1942. NMR RAF AC-81 179-182 26-AUG-1942.
  • <2> Photograph: 1946. NMR CPE/UK/1752 4002-3 21-SEPT-1946.

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  • None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Ref: 71330) (EWX10073)

Record last edited

Jan 24 2014 1:28PM