A group of four probable Second World War bomb craters are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs dating from 1947 of Holton Heath, Wareham St Martin.
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A group of four probable Second World War bomb craters are visible as subcircular earthworks on aerial photographs dating from 1947 on Holton Heath, Wareham St Martin. (1) They each measure approximately 25m in diameter. Two of the craters are still partially visible on the most recent comprehensive aerial imagery available to the project.(2/3) This site was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).
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<1> SDO12996
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 50 17-18.
<3> SDO12705
Aerial Photograph: XX-XXX-2009. Google Earth.
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Centred SY 9529 9018 (259m by 97m) (11 map features)
Map sheet
SY99SE
Civil Parish
Wareham St Martin; Dorset
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Dorset
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Record last edited
Oct 16 2013 10:50AM
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