Monument record MDO39280 - Second World War impact crater, Fir Tree Close, St Leonards and St Ives

The site of a Second World War bomb impact crater is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1945 on Racecourse Heath. This area has since been developed and is under housing; the location of the crater is in the gardens to the south of Fir Tree Close, St Leonards, it is no longer visible and likely to have been levelled. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

The site of a Second World War bomb impact crater is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1945 on Racecourse Heath (1). This area has since been developed and is under housing; the location of the crater is in the gardens to the south of Fir Tree Close, St Leonards, it is no longer visible and likely to have been levelled (2-3). The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> Royal Air Force, 20-MAR-1945, RAF 106G/LA187 RP 3057-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15258.

<2> Royal Air Force, 31-AUG-1962, RAF 543/1859 F21 0424-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15271.

<3> Royal Air Force, 31-AUG-1962, RAF 543/1859 F22 0422-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15272.

Record last edited

Mar 28 2017 10:27AM