A Second World War bomb crater to the south west of Acton, Langton Matravers. The feature is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1945 and 1946.
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A Second World War bomb crater to the south west of Acton, Langton Matravers. The feature is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1945 and 1946. The feature is no longer visible on the latest Google Earth imagery. They were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.
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<1> SDO13391
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 20-MAR-1945. RAF 106G/LA/187 4005-6.
<2> SDO13400
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 3399-3400.
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Location
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Centred SY 98758 78174 (20m by 20m) (2 map features)
Map sheet
SY97NE
Civil Parish
Langton Matravers; Dorset
Unitary Authority
Dorset
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None recorded
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None recorded
Record last edited
Jul 1 2014 3:23PM
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