Monument record MDO25922 - Chesil Beach - WWII structures

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Summary

A linear fetaure is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs, running from the landing stage on Chesil Beach opposite Morkhams Lake towards the site of a WWII pillbox. It is considered to date to WWI and may be the line of a cable.

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A linear fetaure is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs {1}, running from the landing stage on Chesil Beach opposite Morkhams Lake towards the site of a WWII pillbox. It is considered to date to WWI and may be the line of a cable. It is situated within the Abbotsbury Defence which was defended by the 6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 27-APR-1942. RAF/AC36 (V) 63-4.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 5902 8229 (93m by 9m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SY58SE
Civil Parish Abbotsbury; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Mar 1 2012 5:07AM

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