Monument record MDO45310 - Second World War bombing range marker, Launceston Down, Tarrant Launceston

A Second World War bombing range marker is visible as a white chalk figure on aerial photographs taken in 1947, but has subsequently been ploughed out. The site comprises a diamond shape with a line extending for up to 33m from each corner. The diamond measures 12m by 17m at its widest points, with the long axis orientated roughly north-west / south-east. Several other chalk bombing range markers are dispersed over Launceston Common and are accompanied by a large number of circular bomb craters. The site had been destroyed by ploughing on aerial photographs taken in 1953.

A Second World War bombing range marker is visible as a white chalk figure on aerial photographs taken in 1947 but has subsequently been ploughed out. The site comprises a diamond shape with a line extending for up to 33m from each corner. The diamond is centred at ST 9557 1043 and measures 12m by 17m at its widest points, with the long axis orientated roughly north-west / south-east.

Several other chalk bombing range markers are dispersed over Launceston Common and are accompanied by a large number of circular bomb craters (see Associated Monuments). The site had been destroyed by ploughing on aerial photographs taken in 1953. <1-2>

<1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 2149-2150 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18433.

<2> Royal Air Force, 20-APR-1953, NMR RAF/58/1090 F21 0126-0127 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18515.

<3> Bishop, Sharon, 2009, Tarrant Launceston 15 & Environs. Aerial Photograph Survey & Analysis, Object Number: MD002384 (Unpublished document). SDO12459.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1480796 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Jan 24 2023 12:12PM