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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43567 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII bomb craters, South Foreland |
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Summary
Sixteen WWII bomb craters visible in 1946, located in South Foreland. None of the features were visible in 2007.
| Grid Reference: | TR 36271 43609 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34SE |
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| Parish: | ST MARGARET’S AT CLIFFE, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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Sixteen WWII bomb craters visible on aerial photography taken in 1946 [1 and 2], located in South Foreland. All the craters lay within 230m of the cliff edge and ran along it for a distance of 800m. None of the features were visible on Next Perspectives photography taken in 2007 [3].
The craters lay S of an area of bomb craters (MWX43518) and military features enclosed in barbed wire (MWX43519). They also lay close to South Foreland Battery (Mke41990 and NMR1421774) and a military complex (MWX43575).
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 PGA Tile Ref: TR3643 28-APR-2007_Updates (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 PGA Tile Ref: TR3643 28-APR-2007_Updates. |
