Parallel lines of pits and posts stretch across Chesil Beach and are visible on aerial photographs {1,2}. They are considered likely to be part of World War Two coastal defences on the beach. The site was digitally plotted for the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping project.
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Parallel lines of pits and posts stretch across Chesil Beach and are visible on aerial photographs {1,2}. They are considered likely to be part of World War Two coastal defences on the beach. The site was digitally plotted for the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping project.
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<1> SDO12153
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3314-5.
<2> SDO11620
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-JAN-1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431 3284-6.
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Centred SY 5287 8656 (4524m by 2827m) (753 map features)
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SY58NW
Civil Parish
Abbotsbury; Dorset
Civil Parish
Swyre; Dorset
Civil Parish
Burton Bradstock; Dorset
Civil Parish
Puncknowle; Dorset
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Dorset
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Record last edited
Feb 16 2012 10:29AM
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