Monument record MDO39284 - Possible Second World War impact crater, Barnsfield Heath, St Leonards and St Ives

The possible site of a Second World War bomb impact crater is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 on Barnsfield Heath. This whole area has since been disturbed by earthmoving associated with the construction of the Test Tracks and the site is no longer visible on recent imagery. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

The possible site of a Second World War bomb impact crater is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 on Barnsfield Heath (1). This whole area has since been disturbed by earthmoving associated with the construction of the Test Tracks and the site is no longer visible on recent imagery (2-3). The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> Royal Air Force, 12-DEC-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RS 4116-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15276.

<2> GetMapping, 2014, Digital vertical aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDO14101.

<3> Royal Air Force, 31-AUG-1962, RAF 543/1859 F22 0478-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15262.

Record last edited

Mar 28 2017 11:53AM