Two lines of Second World War anti-tank cubes are visible as structures on aerial photographs of 1941, leading to the east of Banks Road across an open area of ground, at the southern end of the neck of the Sandbanks peninsula.
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Two lines of Second World War anti-tank cubes are visible as structures on aerial photographs of the 1940s, leading to the east of Banks Road across an open area of ground, at the southern end of the neck of the Sandbanks peninsula. The cubes extend from west to east for a distance of approximately 155 m. (1-2) This site was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).
Sources/Archives (2)
<1> SDO12675
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 26-AUG-1941. RAF 1416/S442H55 PO-03-PO-05 MSO 31259.
<2> SDO12678
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 12-DEC-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1893 3314-5.
Centred SZ 0440 8767 (150m by 21m) (169 map features)
Map sheet
SZ08NW
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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
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Record last edited
Jul 17 2013 12:37PM
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