Thesaurus Term/Concept: SLIT TRENCH

Identifier 68918
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A short trench used to protect troops or to provide defensive fire from, often dug for practice purposes.

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Instances/Examples (206)

Context Record
Monument Type MXS20231 World War II strongpoint on the saltmarsh of the River Ore. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS22485 5 World War II slit trenches, visible on aerial photographs. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19724 A group of World War II slit trenches on Thorpeness sea-front. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS18823 A possible World War II emplacement and slit trench are visible as earthworks east of New England Farm. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS20367 A possible World War II military site is visible as a possible structure and earthworks. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS20074 A possible World War II strongpoint in the area surrounding, and possibly including, Raydon Hall, Orford parish (Monument)
Monument Type MXS22769 A slit trench of twentieth century date is visible on aerial photographs as an earthwork approximately 600 metres to the north-west of Worlingham Hal… (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19707 A World War II coastal battery and associated features. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19761 A World War II coastal strongpoint and slit trenches. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19754 A World War II coastal strongpoint. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19627 A World War II command centre, Shotley. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19788 A World War II fieldwork on the beach. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS20227 A World War II pillbox and slit trench . (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19793 A World War II pillbox and slit trenches on the beach. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS20219 A World War II practice trench. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19705 A World War II seafront strongpoint. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19722 A World War II slit trench in Thorpeness. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19719 A World War II slit trench or air raid shelter, next to St. Mary's Church. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19710 A World War II slit trench. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS20205 A World War II slit trench. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS20206 A World War II slit trench. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19716 A World War II Strong point and Diver Battery S3 on Thorpeness Common. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19743 A World War II strongpoint adjacent to Brick Kiln cottage. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19713 A World War II strongpoint and Diver Battery S2 (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19742 A World War II strongpoint and group of bomb craters. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19709 A World War II strongpoint and possible command centre. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19718 A World War II strongpoint and slit trench on Thorpeness common. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19749 A World War II strongpoint at Watering Forest. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS20357 A World War II strongpoint can be seen on aerial photographs about 650m to the north of Wantisden Corner, Wantisden parish (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19755 A World War II strongpoint incorporating an 18th century barracks. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19737 A World War II strongpoint surrounded by a minefield. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS18927 A World War II strongpoint, visible east of Covehithe from 1940 until 1945. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19708 A World War II strongpoint. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19712 A World War II strongpoint. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19711 A World War II weapons pit and probable slit trench. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF17763 Barnham Camp; Gorse Industrial Estate (Monument)
Monument Type MSF12600 Berners Heath (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19438 Cluster of World War II trenches visible on the beach. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19687 Complex of World War II emplacements. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS20068 Diver Strip, Diver Battery SB1 (Monument)
Monument Type MSF33607 Earthworks of zig zag trenches/possible spigot mortar and gun emplacements and other World War Two activity (Monument)
Monument Type MXS20265 Embarkation Hard, Woolverstone Hall (Monument)
Monument Type MXS22496 Evidence of military training activities seen as earthworks and structures (Monument)
Monument Type MSF31920 Extensive area of Second World War military training activity (Monument)
Monument Type MSF34653 First or Second World War trenches and emplacements (Monument)
Monument Type MSF24408 First World War practice trench system (Compartment 4579) (Monument)
Monument Type MXS18701 Four Post Medieval emplacements, a possible bunker and World War II slit trenches. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS18697 Four rows of World War II slit trenches. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS18872 Four World War II pillboxes. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19221 Infantry strongpoint within minefield (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19086 Length of World War II barbed wire obstruction running along the clifftop. (Monument)
Monument Type MSZ27232 Lines of right-angled return trenches and inverted `V' cropmarks (Monument)
Monument Type MSF11083 Lines of right-angled return trenches and inverted `V' cropmarks, believed to be World War I training tenches. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS22758 Location World War I slit trenches revealed by cropmarks and earthworks. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS18805 Numerous World War II slit trenches, visible as earthworks around a group of trees northeast of New England Farm. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS18700 Numerous World War II slit trenches. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS20057 Orwell Park (Mod) (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27245 Possible ring ditch of unknown age and origin (Monument)
Monument Type MSF34642 Possible Second World War military activity (Monument)
Monument Type MSF38375 Possible Second World War practice trench. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF38675 Possible Second World War training features within a large post medieval extraction pit. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF41078 Possible Second World War training features. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS22613 Possible World War II Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery and associated military features. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19983 Possible World War II military features just to the north of Landguard Fort. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS18737 Possible World War II temporary camp, including slit trenches and craters. (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27749 Possible World War Two air raid shelter (Monument)
Monument Type MSF33458 Practice trenches of First World War to Second World War date (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19770 Probable World War II air raid shelters. (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27434 Probable World War Two weapons pits/trenches alongside railway (Monument)
Monument Type MXS20408 Royal Hospital School (Monument)
Monument Type MSF33454 Second World War ‘SOS’ Field Artillery position and training area (Monument)
Monument Type MSF27377 Second World War Diver Strip Battery G12 (Monument)
Monument Type MSF34654 Second World War Diver Strip Battery at Alderton (Monument)
Monument Type MSF34655 Second World War Diver Strip Battery at Alderton (Monument)
Monument Type MSF37227 Second World War gun battery (Monument)
Monument Type MSF34468 Second World War military training and defences (Monument)
Monument Type MSF34470 Second World War military training and defences (Monument)
Monument Type MSF34473 Second World War military training and defences (Monument)
Monument Type MSF34474 Second World War military training and defences (Monument)
Monument Type MSF41020 Second World War Military Training features. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF34739 Second World War training site (Monument)
Monument Type MSF37214 Second World War trenches (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27217 Site of a former World War Two pillbox and associated slit trenches, part of wider defensive network LWT 045 (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27218 Site of a former World War Two pillbox and associated slit trenches, part of wider defensive network LWT 045 (Monument)
Monument Type MSF33657 Site of a probable Second World War searchlight battery (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27668 Site of a World War Two trenches and training (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27600 Site of former a World War Two type 22 pillbox, gun emplacements and trenches (Monument)
Monument Type MSF33448 Site of one or more Second World War slit trenches (Monument)
Monument Type MSF31925 Site of Second World War (and/or possibly First World War) military training site, Leiston Common (Monument)
Monument Type MSF26156 Site of Second World War anti landing trenches and other military features (Monument)
Monument Type MSF46542 Site of Second World War trenches and wire (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27393 Site of World War Two barrage balloon, air raid shelters and trenches (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27222 Site of World War Two defensive structures, part of wider defensive network LWT 045 (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27298 Site of World War Two ground defences (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27394 Site of World War Two military buildings and shelters (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27785 Site of World War Two trench or weapons pit (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27633 Site of World War Two trenches (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27599 Site of World War Two type 22 pillbox, gun emplacement and trenches (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19333 Slit trench close to Covert Road, Reydon, of World War II date (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19267 Slit trenches and a gun emplacement of World War II date in Southwold (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19428 Slit trenches of World War II date to the south of Walberswick (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19179 Small World War II slit trench. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19277 Small zig-zag trenches of World War II date in the northern part of Southwold (Monument)
Monument Type MXS18825 Three possible World War II training obstacles and a cluster of slit trenches, visible as earthworks west of New England Farm. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19268 Trenches and gun emplacement on St Edmund's Green and Tibby's Green, Southwold, of World War II date (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19434 Two small World War II trenches, visible as earthworks. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS18821 Two World War II slit trenches visible as earthworks on Snape Warren, south of New England Farm. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS22618 Two World War II slit trenches, visible as earthworks. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS20224 Two World War II slit trenches. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19714 Two World War II strongpoints on Thorpeness Common. (Mod) (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19763 Two World War II trenches. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19307 Type 24 pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MSF27516 Undated, possibly modern, rectangular pits, Brandon Park (Monument)
Monument Type MSF19813 World War I training trenches and associated earthworks. (Monument)
Monument Type MSF18105 World War I training trenches. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19210 World War II air raid shelters or weapons pits. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19097 World War II and Cold War radar station with various components (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19850 World War II anti-invasion coastal defences. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19794 World War II anti-invasion defences and associated features. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19626 World War II barrage balloon site (Monument)
Monument Type MXS20152 World War II Buildings and Features, Ipswich Airfield/Airport. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19697 World War II command post trench and pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS18861 World War II defended position south of Cove Farm. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS18901 World War II defended position visible in 1941 at Crossways Cottages, covering the crossroads. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS18865 World War II defended position, comprising slit trenches along the field boundary, west of Easton Wood. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS18857 World War II defensive position including slit trenches, a trench and a possible weapons pit, visible as earthworks. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19602 World War II emplacement in Shotley. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19163 World War II gun emplacement and slit trenches. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19186 World War II gun emplacement and slit trenches. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19326 World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft Artillery battery Diver battery K1 and various other military features. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS22490 World War II heavy anti-aircraft artillery battery H12 and camp. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS20164 World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft Artillery battery. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS22510 World War II Light Anti-Aircraft Artillery emplacement, visible as an earthwork. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19375 World War II military features and possible strongpoint. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19986 World War II military features around and to the south of Martello Tower 'P'. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19728 World War II military features on the sea-front at Thorpeness. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19336 World War II military features. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19777 World War II military fieldworks at Aldeburgh Brickworks. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS22619 World War II military intallation and associated camp. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19780 World War II military slit trenches and earthworks on the seafront. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19441 World War II military strong point, on which was later built a WWII military camp and possible site of diver battery H3 (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19650 World War II military strongpoint around Wilford Rise, Sutton and Bromeswell parishes (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19254 World War II military strongpoint with trench, pillbox and gun emplacement. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS22694 World War II military tented camp, visible as structures and earthworks. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS18730 World War II military training area, including minefields, barbed wire and a slit trench. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19025 World War II pillbox and possible gun emplacement (Monument)
Monument Type MXS20234 World War II pillbox and slit trench. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19374 World War II Pillbox and Slit Trench. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19209 World War II pillbox and slit trenches. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19977 World War II practice trenches and earthworks to the north of Landguard Fort. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19287 World War II practice trenches. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19152 World War II slit trench and pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS22733 World War II slit trench, probably excavated for practice purposes or as an air-raid shelter. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19024 World War II slit trench. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19359 World War II slit trench. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19468 World War II slit trench. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS22614 World War II slit trench. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS22632 World War II slit trench. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS18881 World War II slit trenches along the hedgeline north of Easton Wood. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19009 World War II slit trenches and pillbox. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19645 World War II slit trenches and possible shell crater on golf course. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19721 World War II slit trenches at Thorpness. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19706 World War II slit trenches in the grounds of Sizewell Hall. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19811 World War II slit trenches on Fort Green. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19308 World War II slit trenches south of Deadman's Covert (Monument)
Monument Type MXS18801 World War II slit trenches visible as earthworks southwest of Decoy Farm. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS18804 World War II slit trenches, visible as earthworks northeast of New England Farm. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS18819 World War II slit trenches, visible as earthworks on west of New England Farm on Snape Warren. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19202 World War II slit trenches. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19781 World War II slit trenches. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19789 World War II slit trenches. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19921 World War II slit trenches. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS22511 World War II slit trenches. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19912 World War II strongpoint and possible road block. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS18858 World War II strongpoint comprising pillboxes, trenches and barbed wire, overlooking anti tank cubes and the beach. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS18905 World War II strongpoint located where the track from Covehithe reaches Green Heath. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS20230 World War II strongpoint on the saltmarsh of the River Ore. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS20169 World War II strongpoint or area command post. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS18860 World War II strongpoint overlooking Pottersbridge Marshes. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS18903 World War II strongpoint visible in 1940 at Green Heath. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS18840 World War II strongpoint, now eroded away. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS18991 World War II strongpoint. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19021 World War II strongpoint. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19691 World War II strongpoints and a Light and Heavy Anti-aircraft Artillery site. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19695 World War II strongpoints and barbed wire obstructions. (Monument)
Monument Type MXS19357 World War II trench and bank system. (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27742 World War Two air weapons pit (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27771 World War Two bunker (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27735 World War Two defences (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27737 World War Two defences (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27738 World War Two defences (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27409 World War Two defended fuel store (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27441 World War Two defended trench positions or ‘section posts’ (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27443 World War Two defended trench positions or ‘section posts’ (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27773 World War Two defensive system (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27774 World War Two defensive system (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27411 World War Two pillbox and slit trench (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27739 World War Two training activity (Monument)
Monument Type MSF33452 World War Two training area (Monument)
Monument Type MSF34354 World War Two training site/gun emplacement/anti-aircraft battery (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27435 World War Two trenches and possible military buildings (Monument)
Monument Type MSX27706 World War Two type 22 pillbox (Monument)
Monument Type MXS20033 WW II Strongpoint & Diver Battery SC12 (Monument)
Monument Type MSF25429 WW1 Tank Training Area - the 'Elveden Explosives Area' (Monument)
Monument Type MXS18788 WW2 emplacements, military training site and slit trenches (Monument)
Monument Type MXS20037 WWII Strongpoint including Diver Battery S12 (Monument)