Monument record MDO30331 - 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 1946 to the west of Portway Farm.

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The probable site of a Second World War bomb crater is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 to the west of Portway Farm (1). The small round hollow is 5m across and still 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: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 6423-4.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: XX-XXX-2009. Google Earth.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 80145 85061 (15m by 15m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY88NW
Civil Parish Winfrith Newburgh; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Feb 26 2014 11:50AM

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