Monument record SNP 090 - World War II bomb craters, roughly 150m north-west of Snape Bridge
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Summary
Location
Grid reference | Centred TM 39050 57711 (87m by 22m) |
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Map sheet | TM35NE |
Civil Parish | SNAPE, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Second World War bomb craters are visible as earthworks about 150m to the north-west of Snape Bridge, on aerial photographs from 1943 onwards, centred roughly on circa TM39065771 on uncultivated reclaimed grassland (S1). They are first visible as three craters, about 15-20m in diameter, surrounded by upcast. By 1965 they appear to have been at least partially adapted as ponds as some of the land around them becomes cultivated (S2). By 1972 they appear overgrown, and possible infilled, and by 1989 they have been ploughed out altogether S3, S4).
Sources/Archives (4)
- <S1> SXS50085 Photograph: USAAF. USAAF Air Photograph. NMR US/7PH/GP/LOC132 5056-5057 30-Dec-1943.
- <S2> SXS50090 Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Ltd. Meridian - Air Photograph. NMR MAL/65095 89-90 06-Nov-1965.
- <S3> SSF50066 Photograph: OS, AP. NMR OS/72191 4-5 10-Jul-1972.
- <S4> SSF50073 Photograph: National Monuments Record. Air Photograph. NMR TM 3957/4-5 (NLA 5695/06-7) 20-Jul-1989.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Oct 21 2004 4:56PM