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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX43638 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | WWII bomb crater, Kingsdown |
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Summary
WWII bomb crater visible in 1946, located in Kingsdown. This was not visible in 1942. Next Perspectives photography taken in 2003 showed the feature to be absent.
| Grid Reference: | TR 37484 49317 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34NE |
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| Parish: | WALMER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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WWII bomb crater visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946 [1], located in Kingsdown. This crater measured 5.5m at its maximum diameter and it was not visible on aerial photographs taken in 1942 [2]. Next Perspectives photography taken in 2003 [3] showed the feature to be absent.
50m to the S was located a WWII military site (MWX43633).
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: TR3749 14-AUG-2003 (Graphic material). SWX15711.
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. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: TR3749 14-AUG-2003. |
