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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43475 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII bomb craters west of Sandwich |
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Summary
Seven WWII bomb craters are visible on 1940s aerial photographs lying in an arc running between Ash Road and Woodnesborough Road. They were mapped from these photographs as part of the English Heritage: Richborough Environs Project. It has been suggested that apparent gaps in the spacing of the craters may indicate the presence of unexploded bombs.
| Grid Reference: | TR 32013 57974 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR35NW |
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| Parish: | SANDWICH, DOVER, KENT |
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| WOODNESBOROUGH, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Seven WWII bomb craters are visible as slight earthworks on 1940s RAF vertical aerial photographs. They lie in a wide arc that runs from Ash Road to Woodnesborough Road and are likely to be the result of a single stick of bombs dropped during a bombing raid. The features appear to have since been plough-levelled and are not visible as earthworks on recent aerial photography [3-4].
Both the easternmost two craters and the westernmost two craters are much more widely spaced (c.250m apart) than the other craters (130-180m apart). This may suggest that there are unexploded bombs lying within these apparent "gaps".
These features were mapped at 1:2500 scale from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Richborough Environs Project. The transcriptions produced by the project were added to those produced by the South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment (2009-10), see Associated Events. The resulting transcriptions exist as a GIS layer held by this HER [5].
<3> Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage, 2003, 2007, Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data, Tile Ref: PGA_TR3158_2003-08-14 (Graphic material). SWX15711.
<4> Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage, 2003, 2007, Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data, Tile Ref: PGA_TR3257_2003-08-14 (Graphic material). SWX15711.
<5> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.
<5> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.
<5> 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> | Graphic material: Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage. 2003, 2007. Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data. Tile Ref: PGA_TR3158_2003-08-14. |
| <4> | Graphic material: Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage. 2003, 2007. Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data. Tile Ref: PGA_TR3257_2003-08-14. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <5> | Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report. |
| <5> | Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions. |
