Monument record MDO42739 - Second World War blast shelter north of the former Cutler's Coppice, West Hemsworth, Wichampton

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Summary

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 small dispersal of military huttments and other infrastructure.

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Full Description

It is unclear whether or not this small encampment was part of RAF Tarrant Rushton. The shelter has been removed and its site returned to agricultural use. The former Cutler's Coppice is similarly no longer extant.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Unpublished document: Thompson, S. 2020. Pillbox Study Group: Defence of Britain Project sites not in the Dorset Historic Environment Record. e34231.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 3151.

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Location

Grid reference ST 96100 06360 (point)
Map sheet ST90NE
Civil Parish Witchampton; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Oct 9 2020 4:50PM

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