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Monument details
HER Number: | MWX43596 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | WWII bomb craters, Dover |
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Summary
Two WWII bomb craters visible in 1941 and 1942, located in Dover. One of these craters may represent a small mooring for a barrage balloon. Photography taken in 2007 showed the left feature to have been overlaid with a domestic building and the right feature to have been levelled, but preserved as scrubland.
Grid Reference: | TR 30565 40707 |
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Map Sheet: | TR34SW |
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Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Two WWII bomb craters visible on aerial photography taken in 1941 and 1942 [1, 2], located in Dover. The left crater was not visible on aerial photography taken in 1941 [3] and was instead an area of gardens, or possibly allotments; however the right crater was visible in its final form on this photography. The left crater may represent a small mooring for a barrage balloon. The 1942 aerial photography suggests a large bomb crater, but 1945 photography demonstrates a more defined large cut feature with possible internal structures. Both have been mapped for clarity of interpretation – the crater as a large extent of area, and the possible barrage balloon as a large cut feature with three internal extent of area polygons which represent the potential structures. Next Perspectives photography taken in 2007 [4] shows the left feature to have been overlaid with a domestic building and the right feature to have been levelled, but preserved as scrubland.
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER.
<4> Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage, 2003, 2007, Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TR3040 28-APR-2007_Updates (Graphic material). SWX15711.
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| Source description | <4> | Graphic material: Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage. 2003, 2007. Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TR3040 28-APR-2007_Updates. |