where is lochnagar crater
Lochnagar Crater history. The Lochnagar Crater (Lochnagar Mine Crater) located in the village of La Boisselle in Franceâs Picardie region, is the site where one of the first explosions of the Battle of the Somme took place on 1 July 1916.irections to Lochnagar Crater: Lochnagar Crater is located in farmland just next to the centre of the village of Ovillers-La-Boisselle along route D929, just north east of the town of Albert. It is approx 21 miles north east of Amiens along route D929.