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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43552 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Run of WWII bomb craters East of Sandwich |
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Summary
Four WWII bomb craters are visible as earthworks lying immediately WNW of Old Downs Farm on 1940s aerial photographs. They appear to have since been plough-levelled and are not visible as earthworks on recent aerial photography.
| Grid Reference: | TR 35267 57500 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR35NE |
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| Parish: | SANDWICH, DOVER, KENT |
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| WORTH, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Four WWII bomb craters are visible as earthworks lying immediately WNW of Old Downs Farm on 1940s RAF vertical aerial photographs [1]. They lie The features appear to have since been plough-levelled and are not visible as earthworks on recent aerial photography [2].
A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [3].
<2> Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage, 2003, 2007, Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data, Tile Ref: PGA_TR3557_2003-08-14.jpg (Graphic material). SWX15711.
<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2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document).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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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 | | <2> | Graphic material: Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage. 2003, 2007. Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data. Tile Ref: PGA_TR3557_2003-08-14.jpg. |
| <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 | Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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. |
