Monument record MDO45346 - 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 1943, but has subsequently been ploughed out. The site is centred at ST 9588 1116 and comprises a cross shape which measures 18m across. 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 1943, but has subsequently been ploughed out. The site is centred at ST 9588 1116 and comprises a cross shape which measures 18m across.

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, 13-JAN-1943, NMR RAF/HLA/651 1136-1137 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19184.

<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 Aerial Photograph Survey & Analysis, Object Number: MD002384 (Unpublished document).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, 1480799 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Jan 26 2023 11:24AM