Monument record MDO31787 - Second World War shell holes and craters, Holme Heath, East Holme and Steeple

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Areas of shell holes and bare soil associated with Second World War military training on Holme Heath are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946.

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Several areas of shell holes and bare soil associated with Second World War military training on Holme Heath are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946 (1). The features were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project they are no longer visible on recent Google Earth images.


<1> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4416-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13726.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4416-7.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 89533 84244 (874m by 911m) (165 map features)
Map sheet SY88SE
Civil Parish East Holme; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Aug 15 2022 3:51PM

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