Monument record MDO24325 - Redcliffe Point, bombardon (section of a floating breakwater/harbour)

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Summary

The site of two WWII bombardons (sections of a floating breakwater/harbour) is visible as a wrecked structure at this location on aerial photographs taken in 1946

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The site of two WWII bombardons (sections of a floating breakwater/harbour) is visible as a wrecked structure at this location on aerial photographs taken in 1946 {1-3}. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 30-AUG-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2273 (PTI) 5045-5.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 05-AUG-1940. RAF/225A/BR226/VA2-3.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 01-JUL-1950. RAF PFO/540/372 0158-9.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 7099 8171 (44m by 22m) (5 map features)
Map sheet SY78SW
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jun 21 2010 2:20PM

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