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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX51450 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Possible Second World War bomb craters |
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Summary
A group of ten possible Second World War bomb craters is visible on aerial photographs as earthworks to the west of the junction between Adie Road and Meeham Road, New Romney. These features were mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0798 2362 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR02SE |
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| Parish: | NEW ROMNEY, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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A group of ten possible Second World War bomb craters is visible on aerial photographs as earthworks to the west of the junction between Adie Road and Meeham Road, New Romney. These features were mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project.
The possible bomb craters are centred at TR 0797 2363, and are visible scattered across an area measuring approximately 127m east to west, and 37m north to south. They are visible on vertical aerial photographs of 1946 and 1959 as extant earthworks. By the time of the aerial photographs of 2007, they are no longer visible in any form (1-3).
<1> 1946, NMR CPE/UK/1752 4002-3 21-SEPT-1946 (Photograph). SWX23760.
<2> RAF, 1959, NMR RAF/58/2778 0199-0200 01-MAY-1959 (Photograph). SWX23876.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Photograph: 1946. NMR CPE/UK/1752 4002-3 21-SEPT-1946. |
| <2> | Photograph: RAF. 1959. NMR RAF/58/2778 0199-0200 01-MAY-1959. |
