Monument record MDO28705 - Second World War Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, Northmoor Park, Wareham Town

The site of a Second World War Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery at Northmoor Park is visible as buildings, structures and earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1945. It was operational between 1940 and 1944. These features have since been demolished and built over by moden housing development.

Site of a Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery at Northmoor Park. It was one of five batteries designed to protect the Royal Naval Cordite Factory at Holton Heath. It is known to have been operational from 1940-1944. It was initially installed with two 3-inch guns in 1941, but was unarmed in 1942. The battery was manned by troops from the 328th Battalion of the 104th Royal Artillery Regiment in 1941. <1>

The site of a Second World War Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery at Northmoor Park is visible as buildings, structures and earthworks on aerial photographs taken in 1945 <2>. These features have since been demolished and built over by moden housing development. This site was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

<1> Dobinson, C S, 1996, Twentieth century fortifications in England, volume 1. Anti-aircraft artillery: England's air defence gunsites, 1914-46, 375 (Monograph). SDO11874.

<2> Royal Air Force, 14-MAR-1945, RAF/106G/LA/194 242 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12687.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1472298 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 17 2023 2:52PM