Monument record MDO28946 - Second World War bomb craters, Middlebare Lake, Arne

A group of four dispersed circular features are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of marshland on the north-western edge of Middlebare Lake. They are considered likely to be the remains of bomb craters associated with Second World War activity in this area.

A group of four dispersed circular features are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of marshland on the north-western edge of Middlebare Lake (1-3). They are considered likely to be the remains of bomb craters associated with Second World War activity in this area. These features were digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset). Two of these features (NGR SY96760 86894 and SY96821 86745) are still visible on the most recent comprehensive imagery available to the project (4).

<1> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 F136 6396-97 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12759.

<2> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 F36 1019-20 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12755.

<3> Channel Coastal Observatory, 15-OCT-2010, CCO Aerial Photographic Coverage 2009 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12622.

<4> Google Earth, 2013, Google Earth 2013 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12686.

Record last edited

Jul 24 2013 2:15PM