Craterlocators, aka the award-winning Research Resource Archaeology, specialise in the accountable archaeology of the V-weapons offensive of 1944-1945https://bsky.app/profile/craterlocators.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/craterlocators.bsky.social/post/3mdupcb7c2s2z02 Feb 2026 11:06 +0000at://did:plc:buecgitbgpivdrfv57aspvkp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdupcb7c2s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/craterlocators.bsky.social/post/3mdgrdc57622b27.1.2026: follow-up television filming for ITV Meridian news to discover the results of the conservation & analysis of finds and their context from our September 2025 V1 excavation at Benenden. Public lecture at Benenden School 6.2.2026 evening about our work & the study - free #archaeology27 Jan 2026 22:05 +0000at://did:plc:buecgitbgpivdrfv57aspvkp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdgrdc57622bhttps://bsky.app/profile/craterlocators.bsky.social/post/3m2mq5lx2d22tTonight’s (Tuesday 7.10.2025) ITV Meridian article featuring our V1 excavation at Benenden, in full: https://www.itv.com/watch/news/archaeologists-in-kent-digging-for-a-nazi-bomb-bound-for-london-bridge/t871xqv07 Oct 2025 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:buecgitbgpivdrfv57aspvkp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2mq5lx2d22thttps://bsky.app/profile/craterlocators.bsky.social/post/3lzjzrdz27s2aV1 excavation Benenden, Kent 23.9.2025. A remarkable crater profile revealed after careful removal of infill, with a central depression. Also 2 major discoveries nearby during blast field recorded survey (see film) #archaeology sponsors @planthireHE23 Sep 2025 23:02 +0000at://did:plc:buecgitbgpivdrfv57aspvkp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzjzrdz27s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/craterlocators.bsky.social/post/3lzha2hwqx22aV1 Benenden excavation 2025 Crater profile measured in 4 axis before infill and tree removal. Footage: work in progress to cut back to original crater profile. The yellow soil is the natural. The crater will be re-measured tomorrow. #archaeology sponsors @planthireHE22 Sep 2025 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:buecgitbgpivdrfv57aspvkp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzha2hwqx22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/craterlocators.bsky.social/post/3lzemavu7hk2oV1 Flying Bomb excavation Benenden, Kent 2025. Preparatory woodland clearing before the analysis begins tomorrow. #archaeology sponsors @planthireHE21 Sep 2025 19:17 +0000at://did:plc:buecgitbgpivdrfv57aspvkp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzemavu7hk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/craterlocators.bsky.social/post/3lzejqvpzak2oV1 Flying Bomb excavation Benenden, Kent 2025. Preparatory woodland clearing before the analysis begins tomorrow. #archaeology sponsors @planthireHE21 Sep 2025 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:buecgitbgpivdrfv57aspvkp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzejqvpzak2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/craterlocators.bsky.social/post/3lzc4m5qqok2zPreparations in place (machine collected from sponsors HE Services Plant Hire Ltd @planthireHE) ready for our flying bomb excavation beginning on Monday 22nd September #archaeology20 Sep 2025 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:buecgitbgpivdrfv57aspvkp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzc4m5qqok2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/craterlocators.bsky.social/post/3lxzexrivwc2hPreparing for our next excavation: 22-26 September 2025. Crater grid markers being made. #archaeology04 Sep 2025 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:buecgitbgpivdrfv57aspvkp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxzexrivwc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/craterlocators.bsky.social/post/3ltmdz455vc2vPost3 (final): conservation detail of Hawker Tempest EJ532 transponder unit showing internal components #archaeology10 Jul 2025 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:buecgitbgpivdrfv57aspvkp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltmdz455vc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/craterlocators.bsky.social/post/3ltmd3degak2vPost2: transponder unit conservation detail from Hawker Tempest EJ532 (crashed whilst on anti-diver - flying bomb - patrol on July 29th 1944. F/Sgt Drew jumped clear of his aircraft, but his parachute failed to open) #archaeology10 Jul 2025 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:buecgitbgpivdrfv57aspvkp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltmd3degak2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/craterlocators.bsky.social/post/3ltmccmphf22uConservation images of the EJ532 Hawker Tempest transponder unit (from our 2016 licensed excavation). 1 of 3 post detailing the work #archaeology10 Jul 2025 12:09 +0000at://did:plc:buecgitbgpivdrfv57aspvkp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltmccmphf22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/craterlocators.bsky.social/post/3ls5mhmvho22rBeginning the conservation of the Hawker Tempest EJ532 transponder (I.F.F. Unit) from our 2016 licensed excavation of F/Sgt.Drew’s aircraft, lost on V-1 patrol 29.7.1944 More images to follow as work proceeds. #archaeology21 Jun 2025 22:36 +0000at://did:plc:buecgitbgpivdrfv57aspvkp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls5mhmvho22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/craterlocators.bsky.social/post/3lkedjjjnnk26Final conservation completed to a compressed air cannister from our 2018 V1 flying bomb excavation near Ashford Kent. Our article describing the study featured in Issue 5 Iron Cross Magazine (2020). Images of recording and cataloguing taking place today (3.2025) #archaeology14 Mar 2025 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:buecgitbgpivdrfv57aspvkp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkedjjjnnk26https://bsky.app/profile/craterlocators.bsky.social/post/3lf67w3gzis2z#Archaeology07 Jan 2025 17:56 +0000at://did:plc:buecgitbgpivdrfv57aspvkp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf67w3gzis2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/craterlocators.bsky.social/post/3ldrimdvbg22aContinuing to catalogue the conservation to date of our September 2024 V2 rocket excavation at Westerham. Item being photographed is a burner cup with the remains of the central liquid oxygen diffuser #Archaeology20 Dec 2024 23:02 +0000at://did:plc:buecgitbgpivdrfv57aspvkp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldrimdvbg22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/craterlocators.bsky.social/post/3lcubyukae22c9.12.2024 & 10.12.2024 @craterlocators.bsky.social are at Bundesarchiv Freiburg researching our subject. #Archaeology09 Dec 2024 08:17 +0000at://did:plc:buecgitbgpivdrfv57aspvkp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcubyukae22chttps://bsky.app/profile/craterlocators.bsky.social/post/3lcnpy7mvh22zPart way through our conservation & recording of our recent V2 excavation at Westerham, Kent. Image shows the primary photograph of a catalogue series.The component is the steering assembly unit from behind the internal (flame) rudder. #archaeology06 Dec 2024 17:38 +0000at://did:plc:buecgitbgpivdrfv57aspvkp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcnpy7mvh22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/craterlocators.bsky.social/post/3lalitdyocs25Links to two recent ITV television articles about our September 2024 V2 rocket excavation at Westerham, Kent, UK https://www.itv.com/watch/news/experts-are-digging-for-a-v2-explosive-that-landed-in-west-kent-in-1945/7qdm8cr https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2024-11-05/archaeologists-find-secret-factory-codes-stamped-into-remains-of-a-v2-rocket #archaeology10 Nov 2024 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:buecgitbgpivdrfv57aspvkp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lalitdyocs25