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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43096 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Three WWII bomb craters and surrounding upcast, to the north of Ramsgate Harbour |
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Summary
Three WWII bomb craters and surrounding upcast, to the north of Ramsgate Harbour, and mapped from military aerial photographs.
| Grid Reference: | TR 38336 65413 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NE |
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| Parish: | RAMSGATE, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Three WWII bomb craters and surrounding upcast located to the north of Ramsgate Harbour, and visible in military aerial photographs.
The sub-circular craters range in length from 2m to 7m and are first visible in January 1941 [1], and were mapped from photographs taken in December 1941 [2]. They are no longer visible by April 1946 [3].
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [4].
Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.
Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.
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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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. |
| --- | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report. |
| --- | Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions. |
