Monument record MDO29704 - Second World War military camp, The Verne, Portland

A military camp of possible Second World War date is visible as a structure on aerial photographs of the 1940s to the south of the The Verne Citadel. It is located to the east of a heavy anti-aircraft battery and may have been associated with it, or with military activity within the Verne Citadel.

MILITARY CAMP. From site list with letter
Isle of Portland
RA
Recorder- R. Perry. <1-3>

A military camp of possible Second World War date is visible as a structure on aerial photographs of the 1940s <4> to the south of the The Verne Citadel. The camp is visible over an area measuring approximately 265 m by 135 m. It is located to the east of a heavy anti-aircraft battery and may have been associated with it (see linked record) or with military activity within the Verne Citadel. This site was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

<1> Council for British Archaeology, 1995, Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). SWX5.

<2> Council for British Archaeology, 2003, Defence of Britain Project Database (Machine readable data file). SDO128.

<3> Council for British Archaeology, 2006, Defence of Britain Project Archive DEB01 (Excavation archive). SDO17227.

<4> Royal Air Force, 08-NOV-1949, RAF 541/385 3004-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13045.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1413227 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Mar 4 2024 4:48PM