21/02/2014 17:26
This German trench, dating from 1916, was unearthed during a major excavation by ADeDe archaeologists lead by Simon Verdeghem in 2012. The dig featured in Channel 5’s WW1 Tunnels of Death.
The trench links into a large German dugout dating from the same period. The small recesses on the right were for hand grenades; one was still full of German Stick Grenades when uncovered. This is the deepest evert intact trench excavated on a WW1 battlefield.
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Categories: Archaeology, First World War, Great War, Nikon Photo, WW1, WW1 Battlefields, WW1 Centenary, WW1 Revisited
Tags: 1914-1918, 1916, 1917, Archaeology, First World War, Flanders, Great War, Messines, Nikon, WW1, WW1 Archaeology, WW1 Battlefields, WW1 Centenary, WW1 Revisited, Ypres
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