Monument record MDO28962 - Second World War bomb craters, The Moors, Arne

A group of nine circular depressions are visible as dispersed earthworks on aerial photographs of The Moor, Arne, taken between 1946 and 1947. They are considered likely to be the remains of bomb craters associated with Second World War activities in this area.

A group of nine circular depressions are visible as dispersed earthworks on aerial photographs of The Moor, Arne, taken between 1946 and 1947 (1-3). They are considered likely to be the remains of bomb craters associated with Second World War activities in this area. They were digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset). Some of these features are still visible on the most recent comprehensive imagery available to the project (4), the remainder obscured under scrub.

<1> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 F136 6401-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12697.

<2> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 F36 1020-22 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12763.

<3> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1930 F20 3056-57 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12760.

<4> Channel Coastal Observatory, 15-OCT-2010, CCO Aerial Photographic Coverage 2009 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12622.

Record last edited

Jul 30 2013 1:17PM