Monument record MDO30426 - Early twentieth-century military installation, Wool Heath, Wool

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Summary

An early twentieth-century military installation is visible as extant structures and earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946.

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

An early twentieth-century military installation is visible as extant structures and earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1946 on Wool Heath tank training area (1). The site comrises three buildings surrounded on two sides by slit trenching. The features were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project. They are no longer visible on recent Dorset CC digital aerial photographs, the area being partially covered in trees and scrub (2).

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 20-FEB-1946. RAF 106G/UK/1179 3060-1.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Dorset County Council. XX-XXX-2002. Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 83902 89585 (87m by 61m) (5 map features)
Map sheet SY88NW
Civil Parish Wool; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Mar 6 2014 2:31PM

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