Monument record MDO24320 - Bowleaze Cove, WWII beach defence

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A line of hulks partially buried on the sands at Bowleaze Cove. Probably deliberately placed to form part of a multiple line of WWII anti-invasion beach defences. The wrecks are visible on aerial photographs.

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A line of hulks partially buried on the sands at Bowleaze Cove. Thirteen wrecks are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1947 {1}, all presumably deliberately placed to form part of a multiple line of WWII anti-invasion beach defences. The site was digitally plotted during the South Dorset Ridgeway Mapping Project.


<1> Royal Air Force, 30-AUG-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2273 (PTI) 5046-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO11837.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 30-AUG-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2273 (PTI) 5046-7.

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Grid reference Centred SY 7028 8193 (85m by 25m) (14 map features)
Map sheet SY78SW
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Sep 6 2024 4:33PM

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