Monument record MDO30062 - Possible Second World War fox holes, Lower Hyde Heath, Bere Regis

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A group of small circular hollows are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of Lower Hyde Heath taken in 1947. It is considered possible these could be military foxholes associated with Second World War activities in this area.

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A group of small circular hollows are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of Lower Hyde Heath taken in 1947 (1-2). It is considered possible these could be military foxholes associated with Second World War activities in this area. These features were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project. They are not visible on the most recent aerial images available to the project, this area now being under plantation.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 2058-59.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-APR-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2018 3058-59.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 8833 9135 (20m by 19m) (6 map features)
Map sheet SY89SE
Civil Parish Bere Regis; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Dec 12 2013 2:23PM

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