A possible Second World War heavy anti-aircraft battery is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1946 and 1951 on Studland Heath to the south east of Greenlands Farm.
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A possible Second World War HAA battery is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1946 and 1951 on Studland Heath to the south east of Greenlands Farm. The site is formed of four sub-circular banked enclosures arranged in a semi-circle and a sub oval enclosure in the centre. (1-2) The site is not visible on the most recent comprehensive aerial imagery available to the project. (3) This site was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).
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<1> SDO12806
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4394-5.
<2> SDO12819
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 01-JUN-1951. RAF 540/508 5018-9.
<3> SDO12633
Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. 01-JUN-2012. Google Earth 2012.
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Location
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Centred SZ 0202 8450 (39m by 96m) (18 map features)
Map sheet
SZ08SW
Civil Parish
Studland; Dorset
Unitary Authority
Dorset
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None recorded
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None recorded
Record last edited
Mar 21 2023 3:55PM
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