Monument record MDO28983 - Second World War bomb crater, west of Wytch Farm, Corfe

A circular depression is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of fields to the west of Wytch Farm. It is considered likely to be the remains of a bomb crater associated with Second World War activities in this area

A circular depression, approximately 17.4m in diameter, is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of fields to the west of Wytch Farm (1). It is considered likely to be the remains of a bomb crater associated with Second World War activities in this area. This feature was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset). It not visible on the most recent comprehensive imagery available to the project (2), the area now obscured under dense scrub.

<1> Royal Air Force, 09-MAY-1952, RAF/540/723 F10 5024-25 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12767.

<2> Google Earth, 2013, Google Earth 2013 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12686.

Record last edited

Aug 1 2013 11:46AM