Monument record MDO30444 - Early twentieth-century craters, Bovington Camp, Wool Heath, Wool

An extensive group of circular hollows visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar immediately to the north of Bovington Camp on Foxbury and Wool Heath. The features are between 2m and 8m across and fairly evenly spaced. They are considered to be impact craters or exploded mine sites associated with military training activity.

An extensive group of circular hollows visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar immediately to the north of Bovington Camp on Foxbury and Wool Heath (1-4). The features are between 2m and 8m across and fairly evenly spaced. They are considered to be impact craters or exploded mine sites associated with military training activity. The features were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

<1> Crawford, O G S, XX-XXX-XXXX, EHA SY8391/1 CCC 11755/5859-60 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13263.

<2> Environment Agency, 2010, Lidar DSM (Aerial Photograph). SDO13147.

<3> Royal Air Force, 17-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2108 4503-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13260.

<4> Royal Air Force, 20-FEB-1946, RAF 106G/UK/1179 3060-1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13261.

Record last edited

Mar 7 2014 2:32PM