Monument record MDO31750 - Second World War military features, Povington Heath, Tyneham, Purbeck

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A group of five small hollows with external upcast are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1945. They are likely to be military features dating to the Second World War; possibly bomb craters or gun pits.

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A group of five small hollows with external upcast are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1945. They are likely to be military features dating to the Second World War; possibly bomb craters or gun pits (1-2). The features were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project, they are no longer visible on recent Google Earth images.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 27-MAR-1945. RAF 106G/LA/200 1047-8.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 27-MAR-1945. RAF 106G/LA/200 1048-9.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 87649 83648 (91m by 97m) (13 map features)
Map sheet SY88SE
Civil Parish Steeple with Tyneham; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Sep 12 2014 9:33AM

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