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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43568 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII bomb craters, South Foreland |
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Summary
Twenty WWII bomb craters visible in 1946, located in South Foreland. Only two of the craters were still visible in 2007.
| Grid Reference: | TR 35638 43826 |
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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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Twenty WWII bomb craters visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946 [1 and 2], located in South Foreland. The craters spanned an area inland of 500m x 450m. Only two of the craters were still visible on Next Perspectives photography taken in 2007 [3].
To the E of the craters lay South Foreland Battery (Mke41990 and NMR1421774), to the NW was an area of cropmarks (MWX43572) and a ring ditch (MKE6936 and NMR467766) and to the S lay Wanstone Battery (MKe17934 and Mke41971).
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: TR3543 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: TR3543 28-APR-2007_Updates. |
