Monument record MDO39332 - Second World War impact craters, Sylvan Close, Ashley Heath, St Leonards and St Ives

The probable sites of three Second World War bomb impact craters are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1945 in the vicinity of what is now The Glade, Ashley Heath. The curvilinear features were 6m across with rays of ejected material visible. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

The probable sites of three Second World War bomb impact craters are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1945 in the vicinity of what is now The Glade, Ashley Heath (1). The curvilinear features were 6m across with rays of ejected material visible, they were destroyed by modern housing by 1962 (2-3). The site was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> Royal Air Force, 20-MAR-1945, RAF 106G/LA187 RP 3057-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15258.

<2> Royal Air Force, 31-AUG-1962, RAF 543/1859 F21 0424-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15271.

<3> Royal Air Force, 31-AUG-1962, RAF 543/1859 F22 0422-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15272.

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Apr 25 2017 1:35PM