Monument record MDO23285 - Rocket Post, Chesil Beach, West Dorset

'Rocket & Life Saving Apparatus House' on Chesil Beach, first shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1903. A structure is visible at this location on aerial photographs and is considered likely to be the site of the Rocket & Life Saving Apparatus House described above

'Rocket & Life Saving Apparatus House' on Chesil Beach, first shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1903. (1)

A structure is visible at this location on aerial photographs (2-3) and is considered likely to be the site of the Rocket & Life Saving Apparatus House described above. It is probable this site was later reused as part of Wyke Regis Bridging Camp (MDO29869). It was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1900, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch two (Map). SDO11594.

<2> Royal Air Force, 13-APR-1946, RAF 106G/UK/1411 F20 4055 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13096.

<3> Channel Coastal Observatory, 15-OCT-2010, CCO Aerial Photographic Coverage 2009 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12622.

Record last edited

Sep 6 2024 4:33PM