Re: Shell impact crater? | Forum — The Modern Antiquarian

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harestonesdown May 9, 2014 02:22:48

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harestonesdown wrote:

GLADMAN wrote:

Bearing in mind its location I assumed this to be a shell hole. But then again it is within a hill fort? Anyone know?

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/img_fullsize/128875.jpg

To turn this completely on it's head, given the very regular nature of the "crater", could it be a (AA) gun emplacement, or even an OP ?
For a shell to cause such symmetry it would have to drop near vertical, wouldn't it ?

Edit: Meant to add - Either way it looks man made to me.

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Evergreen Dazed May 9, 2014 11:15:55

Replying to harestonesdown

harestonesdown wrote:

GLADMAN wrote:

Bearing in mind its location I assumed this to be a shell hole. But then again it is within a hill fort? Anyone know?

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/img_fullsize/128875.jpg

To turn this completely on it's head, given the very regular nature of the "crater", could it be a (AA) gun emplacement, or even an OP ?
For a shell to cause such symmetry it would have to drop near vertical, wouldn't it ?

I Concur! It looks very much like one of the round barrows in my neck of the woods, which was hollowed out for a WW2 gun placement. I'm not sure a shell would create that 'lip' around the edge like that, either. But who knows. Nothing on pastscape about a barrow either.

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juamei May 9, 2014 11:52:31

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Here are the wwii gun emplacements(?) at Dolebury Warren hillfort in somerset. Similar sort of profile.

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/83114/dolebury_warren_hillfort.html

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thesweetcheat May 11, 2014 19:12:49

Replying to harestonesdown

I think they're generally round, regardless of trajectory. Here's one from the Castlemartin range.

http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/99/95/1999554_65d2513b.jpg

And some others:

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3140/3096856252_745f7397b3.jpg

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4017/4444627276_1af8ae6f6b_o.jpg