Monument record MDO25754 - Chesil Beach, WWII bombing decoy

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Summary

WWII bombing decoy on Chesil Beach, visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1942 and 1946.

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The site of a WWII bombing decoy is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1942 and 1946 on Chesil Beach near Henbury {1-2}. The features associated with this decoy site including bunkers, buildings and a linear feature (presumably the line of a cable) running the length of the site, were digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4468-9.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 27-APR-1942. RAF RAF/AC36 V 55-6.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 6093 8075 (791m by 730m) (52 map features)
Map sheet SY68SW
Civil Parish Langton Herring; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Mar 1 2012 5:15AM

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