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Name:First World War Practice Trench, Gibraltar Point
HER Number:MLI125916
Type of record:Monument

Summary

Remains of a First World War practice trench at Gibraltar Point.

Grid Reference:TF 559 585
Map Sheet:TF55NE
Parish:CROFT, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

Full description

A practise trench was dug at Gibraltar Point during the First world War. The remains are clearly visible on the Google Maps aerial photographic layer as a curvilinear earthwork, with regular fire-break positions dug along the line. {1}{2}


<1> Barrie Wilkinson, 2018, The Story of Gibraltar Point, p.67 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI17012.

<2> Google, 2006->, Google Maps and Street View, Acessed 06/12/2021 (Website). SLI11533.

Monument Types

  • PRACTICE TRENCH (First World War - 1914 AD to 1918 AD)

Sources and further reading

<1>Bibliographic Reference: Barrie Wilkinson. 2018. The Story of Gibraltar Point. p.67.
<2>Website: Google. 2006->. Google Maps and Street View. www.google.co.uk/maps. Acessed 06/12/2021.