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Monument record 1539764 - Second World War firing ranges are visible on aerial photographs of 1940 and 1946
Summary
Second World War firing ranges are visible on aerial photographs of 1940 and 1946 as structures and earthworks within the perimeter of a site still used for military training today. This area is known as Lydd Ranges. The aerial photographs of 1940 show a rifle range orientated north-east to south-west, with a series of parallel targets or butts. By the time of the aerial photograph of 1946, the earlier rifle range appears to have gone out of use, as an Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV) range had been laid out over the top of it. Some parts of the AFV range are still in use today. The earthworks and some of the structures of the two earlier phases of use of this site are still extant on the latest available aerial photographs of 2007. These features have been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project.
Location
Grid reference | Centred TR 0388 1784 (-486040m by -486040m) (139 map features) |
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Map sheet | TR01NW |
County | KENT |
District | FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT |
Civil Parish | LYDD, SHEPWAY, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (4)
Full Description
<1> Vertical aerial photograph reference number (Unspecified Type). SWX23845.
<2> Vertical aerial photograph reference number (Unspecified Type). SWX23866.
<3> RAF, 1946, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1725 3098-9 10-SEPT-1946 (Photograph). SWX23822.
<4> Vertical aerial photograph reference number (Unspecified Type). SWX23730.
<5> Historic England, Archive Material (Archive). SKE58375.
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SWX23845 (No record type): Vertical aerial photograph reference number.
- <2> SWX23866 (No record type): Vertical aerial photograph reference number.
- <3> SWX23822 Photograph: RAF. 1946. NMR RAF/106G/UK/1725 3098-9 10-SEPT-1946.
- <4> SWX23730 (No record type): Vertical aerial photograph reference number.
- <5> SKE58375 Archive: Historic England. Archive Material.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (3)
- Parent of: A banked polygonal partial enclosure, Lydd Ranges (Monument) (MWX51433)
- Parent of: An isolated building surrounded by banked-up trackways in the shingle are visible on aerial photographs of 1940 (Monument) (1539773)
- Part of: Three large Second World War bomb craters are visible on vertical aerial photographs of 1946 (Monument) (1539781)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Non-Intrusive Event: South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Ref: 71330) (EWX10073)
Record last edited
Dec 6 2024 10:36AM