Monument record 1535610 - Two large rectangular blocks which would have borne airfield code letters for the Early Twentieth Century Littlestone Airfield
Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TR 0878 2788 (-480900m by -480900m) (7 map features) |
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Map sheet | TR02NE |
County | KENT |
District | FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT |
Civil Parish | ST MARY IN THE MARSH, SHEPWAY, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
The airfield code letters are centred at TR 0878 2788, on the western side of the Hythe and Dymchurch Light Railway. They lie approximately 93m to the NNE of the St Marys Bay Railway Station (Monument Number 502018). Together, the two side-by-side airfield code letter structures measure approximately 11m WNW to ESE and 6m SSW to NNE. The easternmost code structure appears to bear the letter C. These airfield code letter structures lie to the south of two large circular features cut into the turf of the airfield (Monument Number 1535604). One of these circles contains the word Littlestone, and it is thought they may be the precursors of the airfield code letters. By the time of the vertical aerial photograph of 1983; the airfield code letter structures had been removed (1-2).
<1> RAF, 1941, NMR RAF/GHQ/106 37-8 14-MAY-1941 (Photograph). SWX23915.
<2> Vertical aerial photograph reference number (Unspecified Type). SWX23780.
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Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (2)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Non-Intrusive Event: South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Ref: 71330) (EWX10073)
Record last edited
Jul 6 2017 12:13PM