Monument record MDO25820 - Chesil Beach - Modern beach defences

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Summary

A deep-sided trench 5m wide and roughly 6km long is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs {1,2}. It is considered likely to be part of World War Two coastal defences on Chesil Beach. The site was digitally plotted for the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping project.

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A deep-sided trench 5m wide and roughly 6km long is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs {1,2}. It is considered likely to be part of World War Two coastal defences on Chesil Beach. The site was digitally plotted for the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3314-5.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-JAN-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 3284-6.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 5265 8666 (5270m by 3224m) (6 map features)
Map sheet SY58NW
Civil Parish Abbotsbury; Dorset
Civil Parish Swyre; Dorset
Civil Parish Burton Bradstock; Dorset
Civil Parish Puncknowle; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Feb 16 2012 10:20AM

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