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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43398 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII bomb craters, Tenants Hills, Sandwich Bay |
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Summary
Eight WWII bomb craters, located on Tenants Hills, Sandwich Bay, mapped from military aerial photographs.
| Grid Reference: | TR 36789 54724 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR35SE |
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| Parish: | SHOLDEN, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Eight WWII bomb craters are visible on Tenants Hills, Sandwich Bay. The sub-circular craters measure between 5.26m and 11m. Upcast is visible around six of the craters. The features were fist visible in military aerial photographs taken in February 1946 [1] and have been mapped from this series. Two craters are no longer visible by April 1950 [2] and the remaining ones are levelled by 2003 [3, 4].
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photographs exists within a GIS layer held by this HER.
<3> Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage, 2003, 2007, Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data, Next Perspectives Tile Ref: TR3655 14-AUG-2003 (Graphic material). SWX15711.
<4> Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage, 2003, 2007, Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data, Next Perspectives Tile Ref: TR3654 14-AUG-2003 (Graphic material). SWX15711.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <3> | Graphic material: Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage. 2003, 2007. Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data. Next Perspectives Tile Ref: TR3655 14-AUG-2003. |
| <4> | Graphic material: Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage. 2003, 2007. Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data. Next Perspectives Tile Ref: TR3654 14-AUG-2003. |
