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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43447 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII bomb craters, west of Dover |
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Summary
Three WWII bomb craters, at the site of the Great Farthingloe Anti-Aircraft Battery accomodation camp, to the west of Dover.
| Grid Reference: | TR 29981 40035 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR24SE |
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| Parish: | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Using RAF aerial photography three WWII bomb craters are visible at the site of the Great Farthingloe Anti-Aircraft Batteryto the west of Dover. All three sub-circular craters and upcast were mapped and first observed from December 1941 [1] in close proximity to the accommodation camp to the east of the HAA. The crater to the west with a diameter of impact 9m wide was approximately 50m away from the accommodation camp. 30m to the south of the accommodation camp a crater of 6.5m wide was recorded and 80m to the south east a crater with an 8m diameter was observed.
All three bomb craters were last observed in December 1945 [2]. The crater to the west of the accommodation camp was last observed in November 1946 [3].
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photographs exists within a GIS layer held by this HER.
Related records
| MWX43443 | Part of: Great Farthingloe Anti-Aircraft Battery camp, Dover (Monument) |
