Monument record MDO42722 - Second World War blast shelter West of Windy Corner, Former RAF Tarrant Ruston, Tarrant Rushton

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Summary

The Pillbox Study Group list a Second World War blast shelter of unspecified type at approximately this location, visible on Royal Air Force vertical aerial photographs dated January 1947, and associated with a localised group of huttments and other infrastructure.

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Full Description

The shelter has been removed and the site returned to agricultural use.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Unpublished document: Thompson, S. 2020. Pillbox Study Group: Defence of Britain Project sites not in the Dorset Historic Environment Record. e34208.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 3152.

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Location

Grid reference ST 94870 06250 (point)
Map sheet ST90NW
Civil Parish Tarrant Rushton; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

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  • None recorded

Record last edited

Oct 9 2020 2:44PM

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