Monument record MDO39333 - Second World War impact craters, Sylvan Close, Ashley Heath, St Leonards and St Ives

The probable sites of six Second World War bomb impact craters are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1945 in the vicinity of what is now Ashley Drive West and Ashley Drive North, Ashley Heath. The curvilinear features were 5-10m across, some with rays of ejected material visible. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

The probable sites of six Second World War bomb impact craters are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1945 in the vicinity of what is now Ashley Drive West and Ashley Drive North, Ashley Heath (1). The curvilinear features were 5-10m across, some with rays of ejected material visible. They were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP and were destroyed by modern housing by 1962 (2-3).

<1> Royal Air Force, 20-MAR-1945, RAF 106G/LA187 RP 3059-60 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15302.

<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 1:39PM