Place record MWX2893 - Chesil Beach. Class I Landing Beach

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Chesil Beach was graded as a Class I Landing Beach during World War II.

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During defensive measures for World War II, Chesil Beach was considered unsuitable for vehicular access and did not offer very good access to the interior. However, the beach did offer the chance to attack the vital naval installations at Portland and was therefore made a Class I Landing Beach and accordingly defended with barbed wire, pillboxes, an anti-tank ditch and beach defence artillery. (1)

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  • <1> Article in serial: Helis, John. 1992. The Taunton stop-line. 14. 39-47.

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Grid reference SY 58 83 (point) Approximate
Map sheet SY58SE
Civil Parish Abbotsbury; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 001 117

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Mar 15 2012 11:37AM

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