Monument record MDO25843 - Chesil Beach - Bomb craters

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Summary

A line of six bomb craters running NE-SW from New Lane to Chesil Beach are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs{1}. The site was digitally plotted for the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping project.

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A line of six bomb craters running NE-SW from New Lane to Chesil Beach are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs{1}. The site was digitally plotted for the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping project.


<1> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3312-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12173.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3312-3.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 5172 8767 (330m by 247m) (7 map features)
Map sheet SY58NW
Civil Parish Swyre; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Feb 16 2012 11:37AM

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