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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43052 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII bomb craters northeast of Fordwich |
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Summary
A line of six WWII bomb craters are visible on early 1940s aerial photgraphs.
| Grid Reference: | TR 18094 60055 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR16SE |
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| Parish: | FORDWICH, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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| WESTBERE, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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A line of six WWII bomb craters are visible on early 1940s RAF vertical aerial photgraphs [1]. They are likely to be from the same raid. It is unclear if they remain as earthworks as current aerial pphotographs [2] show the area as covered in dense scrub.
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2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document).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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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 | Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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 | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011.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. |
