Monument record MWX4753 - Set House, Southbourne Chain Home Radar Station, Hengistbury Head, Bournemouth

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Summary

Standby Set House to provide emergency power for the Southbourne Chain Home Radar station. The site is visible as a structure on aerial photographs of 1947.

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Standby Set House for the Southbourne Chain Home Radar station. (1-2) The site described above in (1-2) is visible as a structure on aerial photographs of 1947. The site is formed of a circular mound, measuring 31 m in diameter, camouflaging a structure within a sub-rectangular barbed wire enclosure measuring 85 m by 115 m. (3) This site was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

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  • <1> Digital archive: Anon. 1940. 1940s APs. AP40_416000E_92000N.tif.
  • <2> Monograph: Hoodless, W. A.. 2005. Hengistbury Head, The Whole Story. 112-119.
  • <3> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 30-OCT-1945. RAF 106G/T16/PART II 7123-4.

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Grid reference Centred SZ 1643 9102 (119m by 144m) (8 map features)
Map sheet SZ19SE
Unitary Authority Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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Record last edited

Jul 19 2013 7:09AM

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