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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43355 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII bomb crater south of Boxlees Hill, Minster Marshes |
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Summary
A bomb-crater is visible in a field lying southeast of the sewage works at Boxlees Hill on 1940s RAF vertical aerial photographs. It is probable that it derives from a WWII bombing raid as similar features are visible 100m to the west and 40m to the north. Examination of modern aerial photographs indicates that they have been infilled and levelled.
| Grid Reference: | TR 31080 62897 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR36SW |
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| Parish: | MINSTER, THANET, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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A bomb-crater is visible in a field lying southeast of the sewage works at Boxlees Hill on 1940s RAF vertical aerial photographs [1]. The crater measures 10m in diameter. It is probable that it derives from a WWII bombing raid as similar features are visible 100m to the west and 40m to the north (MWX43353, MWX43354). Examination of modern aerial photographs indicates that they have been infilled and levelled [2].
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2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document).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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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 | Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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. |
Related records
| MWX43353 | Parent of: WWII bomb craters south of Boxlees Hill, Minster Marshes (Monument) |
| MWX43354 | Parent of: WWII bomb craters south of Boxlees Hill, Minster Marshes (Monument) |
