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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX51328 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War bomb crater, west of St Marys Bay |
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Summary
A Second World War bomb crater is visible on aerial photographs of 1941 as a hollow in a field to the west of St Marys Bay. This feature was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0852 2810 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR02NE |
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| Parish: | ST MARY IN THE MARSH, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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The bomb crater is centred at TR 0852 2810, and measures approximately 12m in diameter. It has a narrow banked rim around the edge of the perfectly circular crater. It is thought this may be a result of the loose shingle characteristic of the ground in this area, which would have been upcast by the explosion.
The bomb crater is at the site of the pre-war Littlestone Airfield, which is identifiable on aerial photographs through the landing circles cut into the turf (Monument Number 1535604). The bomb crater is in close proximity to a gridded network of Second World War anti-aircraft landing obstruction poles (Monument Number 1535077).
By the time of the vertical aerial photograph of 1946; the bomb crater is not visible either as an earthwork or a cropmark (1-2).
<1> RAF, 1941, NMR RAF/GHQ/106 37-8 14-MAY-1941 (Photograph). SWX23915.
<2> RAF, 1946, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1439 3024-5 30-APR-1946 (Photograph). SWX23809.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Photograph: RAF. 1941. NMR RAF/GHQ/106 37-8 14-MAY-1941. |
| <2> | Photograph: RAF. 1946. NMR RAF/106G/UK/1439 3024-5 30-APR-1946. |
Related records
| 1535077 | Part of: Second World War anti-aircraft landing obstruction poles are visible on aerial photographs of 1941 (Monument) |
| 1535604 | Part of: Two landing circles of the Early Twentieth Century Littlestone Airfield are visible on aerial photographs of 1941 (Monument) |
