Monument record MDO31179 - Second World War bomb crater, Kite Hill Plantation, Affpuddle

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A possible Second World War bomb crater is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1944 to the south west of Kite Hill Plantation, Affpuddle.

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A possible Second World War bomb crater is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1944 to the south west of Kite Hill Plantation, Affpuddle. The crater is sub-circular and measures approximately 23 m in diameter. (1) This feature was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.


<1> United States Army Air Forces, 04-JAN-1944, US/7PH/GP/LOC138 5018-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13597.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: United States Army Air Forces. 04-JAN-1944. US/7PH/GP/LOC138 5018-9.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 8218 9429 (36m by 34m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY89SW
Civil Parish Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 17 2014 11:44AM

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