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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43098 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Three WWII bomb craters near the former outdoor swimming pool at Ramsgate |
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Summary
Three WWII bomb craters near the former outdoor swimming pool at Ramsgate, visible in military aerial photographs.
| Grid Reference: | TR 39000 65295 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36NE |
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| Parish: | RAMSGATE, THANET, KENT |
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Full description
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Three WWII bomb craters near the former outdoor swimming pool at Ramsgate, visible in military aerial photographs.
The sub-circular crater to the north is 8m long and was first visible in January 1941, but was mapped from a series taken in February 1941 [1]. It is no longer visible by April 1946 [2].
The central crater is semi-circular, having only struck the edge of the esplanade, with a diameter of 24m. It was first visible in February 1941 [1] and is no longer visible in April 1946 [2].
The crater to the SW has a diamter of 7.6m and is first visible in February 1941 [1] but has been filled in by May 1942 [4].
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2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document).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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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
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| 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 | Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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 | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011.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. |
