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Monument Number 1467612
Hob Uid: 1467612
Location : Cheshire West and Chester Neston
Grid Ref : SJ2898475531
Summary : A number of Second World War bomb craters are visible as earthworks on air photographs. These features appear to be related to the bombing decoy to the immediate west (UID 1467648) and more craters to the south (UID 1467968). Some elements appear to be still extant on the latest 1999 NMR oblique photography.
More information : A number of Second World War bomb craters are visible as earthworks on air photographs, centred at SJ 2895 7546. These features appear to be related to the bombing decoy to the immediate west (UID 1467648) and more craters to the south (UID 1467968). Some elements appear to be still extant on the latest 1999 NMR oblique photography. (1-2)

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Source Number : 1
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Source details : RAF S765 5054 14-FEB-1942
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : RAF 13A/UK736 106 01-MAR-1941
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Monument Period Name : Second World War
Display Date : Second World War
Monument End Date : 1945
Monument Start Date : 1939
Monument Type : Bomb Crater
Evidence : Earthwork, Levelled Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SJ 27 NE 83
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Relationship type : General association

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Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2007-11-26
End Date : 2009-05-22

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 1467612