Three small buildings enclosed by protective barbed wire fencing are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1945. They are considered to be military structures possibly a gun emplacement or look-out. One of the buildings is still extant on Google Earth photographs dating to 2009.
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Three small buildings enclosed by protective barbed wire fencing are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1945 (1). They are considered to be military structures dating to the Second World War; possibly a gun emplacement or look-out. One of the buildings is still extant on Google Earth photographs dating to 2009 (2). The features were digitally mapped as part of the the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).
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<1> SDO12887
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 27_MAR-1944. RAF 106G/LA200 2010-11.
<2> SDO12705
Aerial Photograph: XX-XXX-2009. Google Earth.
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Location
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Centred SY 9131 7829 (110m by 109m) (6 map features)
Map sheet
SY97NW
Civil Parish
Kimmeridge; Dorset
Unitary Authority
Dorset
Protected Status/Designation
None recorded
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None recorded
Record last edited
Sep 16 2013 12:43PM
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