MWX43033 - Bomb crater North-West of Fordwich

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Monument record MWX43033 - Bomb crater North-West of Fordwich

Summary

A WWII bomb crateris visible on on 1945 RAF vertical aerial photographs.

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Grid reference	Centred TR 17789 59841 (22m by 22m)
Map sheet	TR15NE
County	KENT
District	CANTERBURY, KENT
Civil Parish	FORDWICH, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

BOMB CRATER (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Full Description

A partly WWII levelled bomb crater visible on 1945 RAF vertical aerial photographs [1]. It appears totally infilled and levelled on modern aerial photography of area [2].

A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [3].

<2> Google Earth (Graphic material). SWX15704.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.

<3> Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE25954.

Sources/Archives (4)

<2> SWX15704 Graphic material: Google Earth.
<3> SKE25954 Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping.
<3> SKE25955 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011. South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report.
<3> SWX15705 Digital archive: Wessex Archaeology. 2009-10. South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions.

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Related Events/Activities (1)

Non-Intrusive Event: South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Ref: 71330) (EWX10065)

Record last edited

Aug 12 2013 1:27PM