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Lochnagar Crater

Le cratère de la Boisselle «Lochnagar»
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Route de la Grande Mine, 80300 Ovillers-la-Boisselle, FranceMap
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  • KarenBek
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    Staggering

    Okay, it may just be a hole in the ground, but it's a huge one. It's hard to imagine what this explosion must have been like. I think it's really important that places like this remain to teach us jus...

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    Reviewed on Aug 24, 2023
  • irawine
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    Hard to Imagine

    Caused by a massive explosion set by British miners, the crater provides another insight into the type of warfare carried on during the Battle of the Somme. As you walk along the boardwalk (which is i...

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    Reviewed on Jun 8, 2023
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    A humbling experience

    The photographs you see do not really prepare you for the size of this crater and the size of the explosion that created it. Reading the plaques around, gives you an insight site into the people that ...

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    Reviewed on Nov 27, 2022
  • Traveler O
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    Crater from Days Long Past

    This crater was created as the result of a massive denotation of explosives on July 1st 1916 by British forces and intended to dislodge the Germans in the trenchlines formerly located here beforehand....

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    Reviewed on Oct 6, 2022
  • Dave R
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    Imagine: 1st July 1916 07.28.a.m. BOOM.

    Signposted as "le grand mine" and easy to find at LaBoiselle, accessibility is good with a wooden boardwalk around the crater. Information boards around the outer perimeter of the site tell the storie...

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    Reviewed on Jul 19, 2022
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