Thesaurus Term/Concept: BEACH DEFENCE

Identifier 82861
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note Obstacles such as scaffolding, barbed wire and concrete blocks or cylinders placed on a beach to impede the progress of enemy soldiers, vehicles or watercraft landing from the sea.

Broader Terms/Concepts (2)

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Narrower Terms/Concepts (2)

Instances/Examples (37)

Context Record
Monument Type MWX18451 'Dragon's Teeth' defensive blocks and pillbox 'scar' (Monument)
Monument Type MWX18445 'Dragon's Teeth' defensive bollards (Monument)
Monument Type MWX18446 'Dragon's Teeth' defensive bollards (Monument)
Monument Type MWX18452 'Dragon's Teeth' defensive bollards (Monument)
Monument Type MWX18453 'Dragon's Teeth' defensive bollards (Monument)
Monument Type MWX18464 'Dragon's Teeth' defensive bollards (Monument)
Monument Type MWX18466 'Dragon's Teeth' defensive bollards (Monument)
Monument Type MWX18549 'Dragon's Teeth' defensive bollards (Monument)
Monument Type MWX18480 'Dragon's Teeth' defensive bollards, St. Mildred's Bay, Margate (Monument)
Monument Type MWX18380 A probable anti-tank defensive bollard, near Cockham Wood, Hoo St. Werburgh (Monument)
Monument Type MWX51552 An extensive stretch of Second World War anti-invasion beach scaffolding related to Dungeness West Coastal Battery (Monument)
Monument Type MKE42181 Anti tank blocks, Isle of Grain (Building)
Monument Type MKE16364 Anti tank obstacle blocks located by Hoo Flats, Hoo St. Werburgh (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE13567 Anti-tank obstacles, Grain (Listed Building)
Monument Type MWX18082 Anti-tank/anti-invasion obstacles at top of beach (Monument)
Monument Type MKE16387 Harbour def.: defence electric light cell (?1900) (Monument)
Monument Type MWX51484 Possible Second World War anti aircraft gun emplacement (Monument)
Monument Type MWX51471 Second World War anti invasion scaffolding, Greatstone-on-Sea (Monument)
Monument Type MWX51472 Second World War anti-invasion beach scaffolding (Monument)
Monument Type MWX51537 Second World War anti-invasion beach scaffolding (Monument)
Monument Type MWX51473 Second World War anti-invasion scaffolding (Monument)
Monument Type MWX51475 Second World War anti-invasion scaffolding (Monument)
Monument Type MWX51538 Second World War anti-invasion scaffolding (Monument)
Monument Type MWX51436 Second World War barbed wire and scaffolding, St Marys Bay (Monument)
Monument Type MWX51461 Second World War beach defence (Monument)
Monument Type MWX51462 Second World War beach defence (Monument)
Monument Type MWX51310 Second World War beach defence, Folkestone (Monument)
Monument Type MWX51525 Second World War beach defences (Monument)
Monument Type MWX51439 Second World War beach scaffolding (Monument)
Monument Type MWX43043 Second World War coastal defence protecting the access on land from the beach at Stone Gap, Broadstairs (Monument)
Monument Type MWX18461 Site of 'Dragon's Teeth' defensive bollards, Minnis Bay, Birchington (Monument)
Monument Type MWX51553 ST MARY'S BAY COASTAL BATTERY (Monument)
Monument Type MWX18471 Submerged beach obstacle (Monument)
Monument Type MWX43525 Two WWII defence features on the beach at Deal (Monument)
Monument Type MWX43640 WWII beach defences, Walmer and Kingsdown (Monument)
Monument Type MWX43183 WWII coastal defence measure in form of wire obstacle, Pegwell Bay (Monument)
Monument Type MWX43642 WWII probable beach obstacles on beach, Kingsdown (Monument)