Monument record MDO39351 - Second World War military installation, Ringwood Forest, Ashley Heath, St Leonards and St Ives

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Summary

The site of a military installation dating to the Second World War was digitally plotted from aerial photographs dating from the 1940s and 1950s during the Dorset Stour NMP. The site comprised buildings, access roads and a possible gun emplacement or searchlight battery. The site was destroyed by pre-plantation drainage prior to the planting of Ringwood Forest.

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the site of a military installation dating to the Second World War was digitally plotted from aerial photographs dating from the 1940's and 1950's during the Dorset Stour NMP (1-2). The site comprised buildings, access roads and a possible gun emplacement or searchlight battery. The site was destroyed by pre-plantation drainage prior to the planting of Ringwood Forest (3).

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 20-MAR-1945. RAF 106G/LA187 RP 3060-1.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-APR-1951. RAF 58/629 V 5256-7.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 31-AUG-1962. RAF 543/1859 F22 0425-6.

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Grid reference SU 12400 04690 (point) (48 map features)
Map sheet SU10SW
Civil Parish St Leonards and St Ives; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Aug 5 2020 10:54AM

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