Monument record MDO25752 - Gore Cove, WWII military trenches or bunkers

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Summary

Two sections of military slit trenching, visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs taken in 1942.

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Two sections of military slit trenching are visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs taken in 1942 and 1946 {1-2}. The plough-levelled sites of these WWII features are clearly visible as cropmarks on photographs taken in 2004 {3}. They were digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project and are associated with the enclosures described in MDO25753.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4468-9.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: 27-APR-1942. RAF/AC36 V 53-4.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: 15-JUN-2004. NMR SY 6180/14-18 (23562/18-22).

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Grid reference Centred SY 6172 8088 (58m by 99m) (9 map features)
Map sheet SY68SW
Civil Parish Langton Herring; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Apr 27 2012 4:54AM

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