Monument record MWX1375 - Coast Artillery Battery, Portland Breakwater

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Coast artillery battery.

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Coast artillery battery. 2 x 12pdr - 12cwt Mk 1 guns. The Northern Arm is an Admiralty extension to the earlier breakwater built by the Great Western Railway and known as the Bincleaves Groyne. The head is 100ft in diameter.

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  • --- Excavation archive: Council for British Archaeology. 2006. Defence of Britain Project Archive DEB01. S0011261.
  • --- Digital archive: Council for British Archaeology. 1995. Defence of Britain Project. S0011261.

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Location

Grid reference SY 69480 77490 (point)
Map sheet SY67NE
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 4 001 161

Record last edited

Nov 20 2023 10:29AM

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