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Monument details
HER Number: | MWX43353 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | WWII bomb craters south of Boxlees Hill, Minster Marshes |
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Summary
Two small bomb-craters are visible in the field between the sewage works at Boxlees Hill and the River Stour on 1940s aerial photographs. It is probable that these derive from a WWII bombing raid as a dense concentration of similar features are visible 100m to the east on the same photographs. Examination of modern aerial photographs indicates that they have been infilled and levelled.
Grid Reference: | TR 30956 62895 |
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Map Sheet: | TR36SW |
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Parish: | MINSTER, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Two small bomb-craters are visible in the field between the sewage works at Boxlees Hill and the River Stour on 1940s RAF vertical aerial photographs [1]. The southernmost measures 5m in diameter and the northernmost 4m in diameter. It is probable that these derive from a WWII bombing raid as a dense concentration of similar features are visible 100m to the east on the same photographs (MWX43354, MWX43355). Examination of modern aerial photographs indicates that they have been infilled and levelled [2].
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [3].
<2> Google Earth (Graphic material). SWX15704.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.
<3> Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE25954.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <2> | Graphic material: Google Earth. |
<3> | Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping. |
<3> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report. |
<3> | Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions. |
Related records
MWX43355 | Part of: WWII bomb crater south of Boxlees Hill, Minster Marshes (Monument) |
MWX43354 | Part of: WWII bomb craters south of Boxlees Hill, Minster Marshes (Monument) |