Monument record MDO42776 - Second World War light anti-aircraft battery south of Alms Grove, Steeple with Tyneham

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Summary

The pillbox Study Group note a light anti-aircraft battery clearly visible on RAF vertical aerial photographs dated November 1946. The visible infrastructure of the installation consists of a single gun platform with a slight square embankment surrounding, and three Nissen-type huts (two in-line and one offset) just to the north west.

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Full Description

All above ground unfrastructure (including the hut-bases) appears to have been removed, the embankment levelled, and the site returned to agricultural use.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 2419-20.
  • --- Unpublished document: Thompson, S. 2020. Pillbox Study Group: Defence of Britain Project sites not in the Dorset Historic Environment Record. e27602.

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Location

Grid reference SY 89440 81200 (point)
Map sheet SY88SE
Civil Parish Steeple with Tyneham; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jan 15 2024 3:27PM

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