Monument record MDO28609 - Second World War anti-tank ditches, Southbourne, Bournemouth

Possible Second World War anti-tank ditches are visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s immediately to the south of Southbourne Coast Road. The ditches are in a zig-zag pattern and are visible over an area measuring 25 m by 20 m. (1) Anti-tank ditches were often constructed in a zig-zag pattern and formed part of defensive stop lines. (2) The ditches are not extensive and may have been excavated for practise purposes. The site is not visible on the most recent comprehensive aerial imagery available to the project. (3) A slit trench is located immediately to the north east (see MDO28610). This site was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

<1> Royal Air Force, 30-OCT-1945, RAF 106G/T16/PART I 7122-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12621.

<1> Royal Air Force, 30-OCT-1945, RAF 106G/T16/PART II 7123-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12742.

<1> Royal Air Force, 30-OCT-1945, RAF 106G/T16/PART II 7125-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12740.

<1> Royal Air Force, 30-OCT-1945, RAF 106G/T16/PART II 7127-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12741.

<2> Dobinson, C S, 1996, Twentieth Century Fortifications in England: Volume II, Anti-invasion defences of WWII (Monograph). SDO12631.

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

Record last edited

Jul 15 2013 8:24AM