Monument record 1535151 - Three Second World War bomb craters

Summary

Three Second World War bomb craters are visible on aerial photographs of 1941 as hollows close to houses at High Knocke, to the south of High Knock Farm. These features have been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the South East RCZAS NMP project.

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Grid reference Centred TR 0971 2865 (-481060m by -481060m) (10 map features)
Map sheet TR02NE
County KENT
District FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT
Civil Parish DYMCHURCH, SHEPWAY, KENT

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Full Description

The group of three bomb craters is centred at TR 0971 2865, and extends across an area measuring approximately 47m north to south and 64m east to west. They vary from 5-11m in diameter. The two southernmost bomb craters have a 2m wide banked rim around the edge of their perfectly circular craters. It is thought this may be a result of upcast soil from the explosion. By the time of the vertical aerial photographs of 1946; the bomb craters were no longer visible. This area has subsequently been further developed for housing, and although the bombs just missed the houses extant in 1941; the sites of the bomb craters now lie beneath houses and back gardens of High Knocke (1-2).


<1> RAF, 1941, NMR RAF/26K/BR242 25-6 10-JAN-1941 (Photograph). SWX23861.

<2> RAF, 1946, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1439 4025-6 30-APR-1946 (Photograph). SWX23812.

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  • <1> Photograph: RAF. 1941. NMR RAF/26K/BR242 25-6 10-JAN-1941.
  • <2> Photograph: RAF. 1946. NMR RAF/106G/UK/1439 4025-6 30-APR-1946.

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  • None recorded

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Ref: 71330) (EWX10073)

Record last edited

Nov 25 2020 4:22PM