Monument record MDO39281 - Second World War impact crater, Matchams Park, 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 and 1946 immediately to the south of Boundary Lane, Matchams Park. This area remains undeveloped since the war and is now under scrubby vegetation and low trees. It is not possible to determine the current condition of the monument. 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 and 1946 immediately to the south of Boundary Lane, Matchams Park (1-2). This area remains undeveloped since the war and is now under scrubby vegetation and low trees. It is not possible to determine the current condition of the monument (3). The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> Royal Air Force, 20-MAR-1945, RAF 106G/LA187 RS 4056-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15273.

<2> Royal Air Force, 12-DEC-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1893 RP 3117-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15274.

<3> GetMapping, 2014, Digital vertical aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDO14101.

Record last edited

Apr 25 2017 2:03PM