Monument record MDO30719 - Modern military training area, Wareham Forest, Wareham St Martin

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Summary

Remains of slit trenches and fox holes are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and Lidar imagery of Wareham Forest. They are considered likely to be associated with a modern military training area. These features are now obscurred by modern plantation.

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Remains of slit trenches and fox holes are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs (1-2) and Lidar imagery (3) of Wareham Forest. They are considered likely to be associated with a modern military training area. These features are now obscured by modern plantation. They were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 5054.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 3054-55.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 2010. Lidar DSM.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 9122 8942 (1380m by 677m) (82 map features)
Map sheet SY98NW
Civil Parish Wareham St Martin; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 1 2014 10:13AM

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