NHER 38890 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two barbed wire construction

A barbed wire obstruction, part of the World War Two coastal defences for this area, is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1943. The line of barbed wire lies more or less parallel to and slightly inland of the contemporary cliff edge. It may have been erected by 1942, when the field appears to have been ploughed up to this line although the barbed wire itself is not visible. By this earlier date a second line of barbed wire had been erected to the west (NHER 38882) and a small coastal defence site had been established to the east (NHER 38891). The extent of ploughing visible on 1946 aerial photographs may reflect the continued presence of the barbed wire, although again it is not actually visible. Modern maps indicate that the site has since eroded to become part of the cliff face.