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There is evidence on the ground of the infilled anti-landing trenches, in particular of two north-south trenches at the E limit of the area blocked. These show as shallow linear scoops in the earth.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/08/27)
Area of anti-landing trenches - at least five trenches, running W-E and N-S. Plotted from air photograph.
(Source: Air Photograph 1941/08/30)
Type of site | ANTI LANDING TRENCH |
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Location | On Tennyson Down W of Freshwater Bay. |
Area |
Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England |
Grid reference |
SZ 3342 8553
SZ 33612 85566 |
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Infilled |
Materials | Earthwork |
Recorder | Foot, William (English Heritage Defence Areas Project) |
Defence grouping |
Isle of Wight coastal defences - Defences of the coast of the Isle of Wight. |
Photographs |
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DOB site reference: | S0016713 |
Reference |
1941/08/30 S/464 (fr.19) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Infill, By 1946 Field Visit, On 2003/08/27 |