Monument record MDO32052 - Second World War slit trench, Owermoigne

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A Second World War slit trench is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1947 adjacent to the Old Rectory, Owermoigne.

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A Second World War slit trench is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1947 adjacent to the Old Rectory, Owermoigne. The trench is constructed in a zig-zag shape and flanked by banks of spoil. It measures approximately 40 m in length. (1) The site has now been built over (2) This site was digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 6430-1.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Dorset County Council. XX-XXX-2009. Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 7679 8524 (28m by 35m) (4 map features)
Map sheet SY78NE
Civil Parish Owermoigne; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Oct 21 2014 3:42PM

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