Monument record MDO30840 - Second World War training trenches, Ballard Down, Swanage

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An area of Second World War training trenches are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of 1946 on Godlingston Hill.

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An area of Second World War training trenches are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of 1946 on Godlingston Hill. The trenches are visible over an area measuring approximately 110 m by 25 m. The earthworks consist of two sections of zig-zag trenches. (1-2) These features were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 22-JAN-1953. RAF 540/995 0062.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 06-MAY-1959. RAF 58/2843/F41 0109-0110.

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Grid reference Centred SZ 0177 8113 (94m by 72m) (7 map features)
Map sheet SZ08SW
Civil Parish Swanage; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jul 3 2014 4:22PM

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