Monument record MDO32185 - Second World War bomb crater, east of Chaldon Down, Chaldon Herring

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A Second World War bomb crater is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1946 to the east of Chaldon Down, Chaldon Herring.

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A Second World War bomb crater is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1946 to the east of Chaldon Down, Chaldon Herring. The crater is formed of a sub-circular pit measuring approximately 9 m in diameter. (1) The crater could not be clearly seen on the most recent comprehensive aerial photography available to the project. (2) This feature was digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 21-JAN-1945. RAF 106G/LA/105 1071-2.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Dorset County Council. XX-XXX-2009. Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile.

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Location

Grid reference SY 7938 8227 (point) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY78SE
Civil Parish Chaldon Herring; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Nov 18 2014 12:44PM

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