Monument record MDO29776 - Possible Second World War military buildings, Chesil Beach, Portland

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Summary

A group of possible Second World War military buildings are visible as structures on aerial photographs of the 1940s adjacent to a barbed wire enclosure, to the west of of a Royal Navy fuel store, Castletown.

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A group of possible Second World War military buildings are visible as structures on aerial photographs of the 1940s adjacent to a barbed wire enclosure (see MDO29773), to the west of of a Royal Navy fuel store (see MDO19665), Castletown. The site consists of two groups of small buildings, a group of four and a group of two. (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. 25-SEP-1945. RAF 106G/UK/842 5065-6.

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Grid reference Centred SY 6763 7446 (53m by 69m) (8 map features)
Map sheet SY67SE
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Nov 11 2013 9:34AM

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