Monument record MDO29145 - Second World War fox holes, Peveril Point, Swanage

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Two possible Second World War fox holes are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of 1946 on Peveril Point, Swanage.

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Two possible Second World War fox holes are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of 1946 on Peveril Point, Swanage. The pits are sub-rectangular and surrounded by banks of spoil. One of the pits had a short length of bank extending from it to the north. The pits measure between 5 m by 4 m and 5 m by 2 m. (1) This site was digitally plotted during the South west Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 12-DEC-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1893 3301-2.

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Grid reference Centred SZ 0361 7842 (37m by 14m) (8 map features)
Map sheet SZ07NW
Civil Parish Swanage; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Sep 10 2013 12:49PM

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