Monument record MDO29745 - Second World War bomb crater or extractive pit, Castletown, Portland

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A possible Second World War bomb crater or modern extractive pit is visible as an earthwork on lidar imagery of 2007 on Verne Common, Portland.

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A possible Second World War bomb crater or modern extractive pit is visible as an earthwork on lidar imagery of 2007 on Verne Common, Portland. The crater or extractive pit is sub-circular and measures 4 m in diameter. (1) This site was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).


<1> Channel Coastal Observatory, 11-SEP-2007, Lidar SY6873NE (Aerial Photograph). SDO13057.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Channel Coastal Observatory. 11-SEP-2007. Lidar SY6873NE.

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Grid reference Centred SY 6890 7365 (7m by 8m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY67SE
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Nov 7 2013 10:24AM

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