Find Spot record MWX2616 - Lulworth Bank: Shell Cases

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Shell Cases, recovered from Lulworth Bank.

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Shell Cases, recovered from Lulworth Bank. (1 & 2) In the 1950s, a naval gunnery range was located here and many hundreds of 5in diameter shell cases appear to have been lost overboard from the firing vessels. (3)

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Receiver of Wreck. Droit of the Receiver of Wreck A/0302.
  • <2> Digital archive: Le Pard, G. 1995-2003. Dorset Coast Forum Maritime Archaeological Database. Single Find 28.
  • <3> Monograph: Hinchcliffe, J and V. 1999. Dive Dorset: a diver guide (3rd Edition). 3rd Edition. Site 186, p142.

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Location

Grid reference SY 79687 77294 (point)
Map sheet SY77NE

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  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 9 000 1406

Record last edited

Sep 11 2008 10:48AM

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