Monument record MWX4723 - Unidentified circular features, Arne

A group of four dispersed circular features are visible as earthwork depressions on aerial photographs of Arne Hill taken in 1947. They are considered likely to be the remains of bomb craters associated with Second World War activity in this area. The area is now under forestry plantation.

Unidentified circular features visible on a 1940s aerial photographs (1).

A group of four dispersed circular features are visible as earthwork depressions on aerial photographs of Arne Hill taken in 1947 (2-3). They are considered likely to be the remains of bomb craters associated with Second World War activity in this area. They were digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset). Some of these features are still visible on the most recent comprehensive imagery available to the project (4), the remainder being obscured under dense vegetation cover.

<1> Anon, 1940, 1940s APs, AP40_396000E_88000N.tif (Digital archive). SWX8819.

<2> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 F36 3046-48 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12731.

<3> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 F36 1019-20 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12755.

<4> Google Earth, 2013, Google Earth 2013 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12686.

Record last edited

Dec 4 2013 8:58AM