Three WWII bomb craters near the former outdoor swimming pool at Ramsgate, visible in military aerial photographs.

The sub-circular crater to the north is 8m long and was first visible in January 1941, but was mapped from a series taken in February 1941 [1]. It is no longer visible by April 1946 [2].

The central crater is semi-circular, having only struck the edge of the esplanade, with a diameter of 24m. It was first visible in February 1941 [1] and is no longer visible in April 1946 [2].

The crater to the SW has a diamter of 7.6m and is first visible in February 1941 [1] but has been filled in by May 1942 [4].

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

The features are levelled on the latests Next Perspectives APGB Imagery TR3565 14-APR-2015 [4]

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2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document).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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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

<4> Historic England Archive, 1941-1960, Historic England Archive RAF vertical aerial photographs, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery TR3565 14-APR-2015 (Archive). SKE57101.

<5> RAF, 1941, RAF HLA/380/IPRU 929 15-DEC-1941 (Photograph). SKE58492.