Wall at Timber Hill, possibly associated with nearby gun battery. (1)
Southern Command's coastal defences. Features associated with the battery are visible as structures and bare-earth features on aerial photographs taken in 1951 (2). Features include a small goup of bare earth mounds at SY 34815 93122, two rectilinear structures at SY 34873 93167 and a zigzag wall at SY 34878 93219. The site was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).
Sources/Archives (2)
<1> SWX1389
Unpublished document: Papworth, M. 2000. Golden Cap Estate: archaeological and historic landscape survey. 113, 057.
<2> SDO12983
Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 25-APR-1951. RAF 58/654 4222-3.
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Location
Grid reference
SY 3490 9325 (point) Centred on
Map sheet
SY39SW
Civil Parish
Lyme Regis; Dorset
Unitary Authority
Dorset
Protected Status/Designation
None recorded
Other Statuses/References
Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 068 064
Record last edited
Oct 14 2013 2:08PM
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