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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43039 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Second World War bomb crater located north of Broadstairs Harbour |
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Summary
Second World War bomb crater, located north of Broadstairs Harbour visible in military aerial photographs taken in 1942.
| Grid Reference: | TR 39873 68148 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NE |
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| Parish: | BROADSTAIRS AND ST PETERS, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Second World War bomb crater, located north of Broadstairs Harbour and is visible in military aerial photographs from 1942.
The crater has a diameter of 9.5m, and is first visible in May 1942 [1] later becoming backfilled and levelled by April 1946 [2].
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [3].
<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2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document).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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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 | | <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 | Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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 | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011.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. |
