Possible First World War slit trenches south of Walton Hall (EHER 17298)

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Summary

A short stretch of slit trenching and other defensive earthworks are visible on aerial photographs. It is possible that they date from the First World War.

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Grid reference	Centred TM 261 233 (322m by 527m)
Civil Parish	FRINTON AND WALTON, TENDRING, ESSEX

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A short stretch of slit trenching and some other defensive earthworks (possibly First World War) visible on 1946 aerial photographs <1>, although these were completely gone in 1950. <2> <3> <4>

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<1> SEX64088 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1673-3169. 28/7/46.
<2> SEX53180 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1950. 58/561/pII/5254. 5/9/50.
<3> SEX22419 Map: Ingle, C.J., Strachan, D., Tyler, S. and Saunders, H.. 1993-2017. NMP Cropmark Plot - 1:10,000. paper. 1:10,000. TM22SE.
<4> SEX67039 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1673-3168. July 1946.

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