A number of wrecks partially buried on the sands below Osmington Bay Holiday Centre. Possibly deliberately placed to form a WWII anti-invasion beach defence. The features are visible on aerial photographs.
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A number of wrecks partially buried on the sands below Osmington Bay Holiday Centre. Possibly deliberately placed to form a WWII anti-invasion beach defence. The features are visible on aerial photographs {1} and were digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project. Three wreck bombardons are visible on the shoreline in this vicinty on aerial photographsa taken in 1950 {2}
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<1> SDO11837
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 30-AUG-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2273 (PTI) 5046-7.
<2> SDO12347
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 07-MAR-1950. RAF 541/454 079.
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Centred SY 7217 8196 (122m by 32m) (6 map features)
Map sheet
SY78SW
Civil Parish
Osmington; Dorset
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Dorset
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None recorded
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None recorded
Record last edited
May 1 2012 5:42AM
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