Monument record MDO29709 - Second World War light anti-aircraft gun emplacement near the Portland Heights Hotel, Portland

A Second World War light anti-aircraft gun emplacement is visible as a structure on aerial photographs of the 1940s at the northern edge of Tout Quarries and to the south of Fortuneswell, Portland.

ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN EMPLACEMENT. SRF LAA Isle of Portland Recorder- R. Perry. <1-3>

A Second World War light anti-aircraft gun emplacement is visible as a structure on aerial photographs of the 1940s at the northern edge of Tout Quarries and to the south of Fortuneswell, Portland. The structures consist of three possible gun emplacements and a group of associated buildings. The site covers an area measuring approximately 86 m by 40 m. Slit trenches are located to the north and east of the site (see MDO29708 and MDO29710) and may have been associated with it. <5> 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, 2624 (Digital archive). SWX5.

<2> Council for British Archaeology, 2003, Defence of Britain Project Database, 2624 (Machine readable data file). SDO128.

<3> Council for British Archaeology, 2006, Defence of Britain Project Archive DEB01, 2624 (Excavation archive). SDO17227.

<4> Royal Air Force, 13-APR-1946, RAF 106G/UK/1411 4043-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13039.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1413294 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Jul 26 2023 2:10PM