Monument record MDO31197 - Second World War shell hole or bomb craters, Middlebere Heath, Arne

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Summary

A small circular hollow, probably the site of a Second World War shell hole or bomb crater is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 on Middlebere Heath, Arne.

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A small circular hollow, probably the site of a Second World War shell hole or bomb crater is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 on Middlebere Heath, Arne (1). The feature is no longer visible on the latest Google Earth imagery. It was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck NMP.


<2> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4407-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13592.

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  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4407-8.

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Location

Grid reference SY 94955 84303 (point) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY98SW
Civil Parish Arne; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 17 2014 2:36PM

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