Monument record MDO30423 - Early twentieth-century firing range, Wool Heath, Wool

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Summary

The site of a late nineteenth or early twentieth-century firing range is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the north of Bovington Camp on Wool Heath.

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The site of a late nineteenth or early twentieth-century firing range is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the north of Bovington Camp on Wool Heath (1-2). The site was digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project. The range appears to have been completely levelled on more recent Dorset CC digital aerial photographs (3).

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Crawford, O G S. XX-XXX-XXXX. EHA SY8391/1 CCC 11755/5859-60.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 5066-7.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: Dorset County Council. XX-XXX-2002. Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 82799 90100 (279m by 570m) (11 map features)
Map sheet SY89SW
Civil Parish Wool; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Mar 6 2014 1:49PM

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