Monument record MDO31776 - Second World War military site, North Egliston, Tyneham, Purbeck

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The probable site of a military installation (comprising a polygonal protective barbed wire enclosure surrounding a small group of features including three building structures) is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1945-6 to the northwest of North Egliston.

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The probable site of a military installation (comprising a polygonal protective barbed wire enclosure surrounding a small group of features including three building structures) is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1945-6 to the northwest of North Egliston (1-2). The features are not visible on recent Google Earth imagery; they were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 21-JAN-1945. RAF 106G/LA/105 1028-9.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 4236-7.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 89142 80907 (114m by 169m) (7 map features)
Map sheet SY88SE
Civil Parish Steeple with Tyneham; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Sep 12 2014 2:18PM

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