Monument record MDO31221 - First and Second World War craters or fox holes, Bovington Tank Training Camp, Affpuddle

An area of possible bomb craters or fox holes are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s within the area of the First and Second World War Bovington Tank Training Site, on Tonerspuddle Heath, Affpuddle.

An area of possible bomb craters or fox holes are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s within the area of the First and Second World War Bovington Tank Training Site, on Tonerspuddle Heath, Affpuddle. The earthworks consist of sub-circular and sub-oval depressions measuring between 1 m by 1 m and 9 m by 6 m. The features are visible over an area measuring approximately 725 m by 550 m. (1-3) These features were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

<1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 2064-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13610.

<2> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 2065-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13603.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 27-SEP-1979, NMR OS/79140 028-030 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13606.

Record last edited

Jul 18 2014 11:36AM