Monument record MDO30329 - Second World War bomb crater, Portway, Winfrith Newburgh

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The probable site of a Second World War bomb crater is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1947 to the north of the playing field at Portway.

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The probable site of a Second World War bomb crater is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1947 to the north of the playing field at Portway (1). The small round hollow is 9m across and no longer visible on the latest Google Earth imagery (2). The site was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: XX-XXX-2009. Google Earth.
  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 1042-3.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 8060 8535 (17m by 17m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY88NW
Civil Parish Winfrith Newburgh; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Feb 26 2014 11:43AM

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