Monument record MWX51330 - Second World War bomb crater, St Marys Bay

A Second World War bomb crater is visible on aerial photographs of 1941 as a hollow just to the north of the houses at what was then the northern end of St Marys Bay. This feature was mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project. The bomb crater is centred at TR 0926 2822, and measures approximately nine metres in diameter. It has a narrow banked rim around the edge of the perfectly circular crater. 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. This area has subsequently been developed for housing, and the site of the bomb crater now lies beneath the back garden of a house at the southern end of The Fairway (1-2).

<1> RAF, 1941, NMR RAF/GHQ/106 37-8 14-MAY-1941 (Photograph). SWX23915.

<2> Google, 2007, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 21-APR-2007 ACCESSED 10-MAR-2011 (Map). SKE57251.