The Pilbox Study Group note the site of a probable Second World War roadblock on Wimborne Road just south of its intersection with Stokes Avenue and Sandbourne Road. The roadblock is inferred from RAF aerial photographs dated January 1947, and probably formed part of a stop-line of concrete anti-tank blocks to either side of Wimborne Road and continuing NNE across former allottment gardens to link with a large drain or anti-tank ditch south of Mellstock Road (and now east of Oakdale Junior School).
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The roadblock cannot be seen on modern aerial photographs and has been removed.
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Unpublished document: Thompson, S. 2020. Pillbox Study Group: Defence of Britain Project sites not in the Dorset Historic Environment Record. e32323.
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Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 2039.
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SZ 01740 91920 (point)
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SZ09SW
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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
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Oct 7 2020 12:03PM
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