Monument record MDO42747 - East-west aligned row of Second World War concrete anti-tank blocks, Dorchester

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Summary

The Pilbox Study Group list a row of concrete anti-tank blocks on the north side of the Weymouth to London Waterloo railway line between Barnes Way and the start of the railway cutting beneath Culliford Road rail bridge, visible on RAF aerial photographs dated January 1947.

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The blocks appear to survive in-situ, although much overgrown, Those at the western end of the row at least can be discerned on Google Earth aerial imagery dated 2005.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. XX-XXX-2005. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM.
  • --- Unpublished document: Thompson, S. 2020. Pillbox Study Group: Defence of Britain Project sites not in the Dorset Historic Environment Record. e30818.

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Location

Grid reference SY 69730 90070 (point)
Map sheet SY69SE
Civil Parish Dorchester; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Oct 16 2020 3:01PM

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