Monument record MDO29014 - Possible Second Word War bomb crater, Wych Channel, Corfe Castle

A circular depression is visible as a submerged feature on aerial photographs of Wych Channel, located just to the west of Long Island. It is considered possible it could be the remains of a bomb crater associated with Second Word War activities in this area.

A circular depression, approximately 7.6m in diameter, is visible as a submerged feature on aerial photographs of Wych Channel (1), located just to the west of Long Island. It is considered possible it could be the remains of a bomb crater associated with Second Word War activities in this area. This feature was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset). It is not visible on the most recent comprehensive imagery available to the project (2).

<1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1930 F20 3051-52 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12784.

<2> Google Earth, 2013, Google Earth 2013 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12686.

Record last edited

Aug 5 2013 9:52AM