Monument record TQ 87 NE 1027 - Second World War bomb craters, Grain

Two circular enclosures. Nothing marked on any OS mapping. Photographs (1,2).

Two Second World War bomb craters seen at TQ 8843 7657 on 1942 RAF photographs to the east of West Lane on the edge of Grain village. The sites of both have now been built on, lying beneath houses on the western side of Parnell Road. When seen in 1942 the craters were visible as circular depressions with traces of upcast material around them, lying c.12m apart. The northern crater was located at TQ 8843 7658 and had a diameter of c.7m, and the southern crater was located at TQ 8843 7666 and had a diameter of c.9.5m. These and the surrounding features were mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. (3)

<1> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9555.

<2> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9554.

<3> RAF, 1942, NMR RAF/26/UK 920 32 23-MAR-1942 (Photograph). SKE55967.