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Monument details
| HER Number: | MWX51457 |
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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 large group of 22 possible Second World War bomb craters is visible on aerial photographs of 1946 as earthworks to the east of New Romney. These features were mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project.
| Grid Reference: | TR 0766 2312 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR02SE |
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| Parish: | LYDD, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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The linear group of bomb craters is centred at TR 0767 2311, and extends across an area measuring approximately 270m south-east to north-west and a maximum of 25m south-west to north-east. The long axis of the group is parallel to the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway, which lies approximately 92m to the north-east (Monument Number 1357333). It is possible that that railway was the intended target of the bombing raid. A single outlying bomb crater is visible at TR 0784 2303, adjacent to the railway.
The craters all measure approximately four metres in diameter, and they all have a narrow banked rim around the edge. It is thought this may be a result of the loose shingle characteristic of the ground in this area, which would have been upcast by the explosion. By the time of the next available vertical aerial photograph of 1959, no sign of these bomb craters was visible, either in earthwork or cropmark form (1-2).
<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. |
