Monument record MDO32427 - Target butts, Lulworth Camp, West Lulworth

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Summary

A linear earthwork S of Lulworth Camp is likely to be target butts

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The OS 4th edn 1:2500 map (1936) (1) shows a 70m long wall and earthwork with a small structure at one end. It lies S of Lulworth Camp on the W side of Bindon Range. Later maps (2) show a mound at one end and an access track. The feature is probably the target butts for a firing range, with the firing position to the N in the vicinity of that shown on current OS mapping (3).

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  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1934-38. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch four. paper. 1:2500.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. c 1962. Ordnance Survey 1:2500 map, epoch five. 1:2500.
  • <3> Map: MasterMap.

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Location

Grid reference SY 8397 8067 (point)
Map sheet SY88SW
Civil Parish West Lulworth; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Dec 4 2014 3:58PM

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