MWX43039 - Second World War bomb crater located north of Broadstairs Harbour

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Monument record MWX43039 - Second World War bomb crater located north of Broadstairs Harbour

Summary

Second World War bomb crater, located north of Broadstairs Harbour visible in military aerial photographs taken in 1942.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TR 39873 68147 (37m by 39m)
Map sheet	TR36NE
County	KENT
District	THANET, KENT
Civil Parish	BROADSTAIRS AND ST PETERS, THANET, KENT

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BOMB CRATER (Modern - 1942 AD to 1945 AD)

Full Description

Second World War bomb crater, located north of Broadstairs Harbour and is visible in military aerial photographs from 1942.

The crater has a diameter of 9.5m, and is first visible in May 1942 [1] later becoming backfilled and levelled by April 1946 [2].

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

<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2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document).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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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 (3)

<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 SKE25954 Unpublished document: Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council. 2011.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 SKE25955 Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2011.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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Non-Intrusive Event: South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Ref: 71330) (EWX10065)

Record last edited

Aug 12 2013 1:35PM