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

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.