Monument record MDO29733 - Second World War fuel store, East Weare battery, Portland

A Second World War fuel store, assocated with East Weare coastal battery is visible as a structure on aerial photographs of the 1940s at East Weare Camp, Portland.

FUEL STORE. From site list with letter. Isle of Portland. Petrol. Recorder- R. Perry. <1-3>

A Second World War fuel store, assocated with East Weare coastal battery is visible as a structure on aerial photographs of the 1940s <4> at East Weare Camp, Portland. The fuel store is a circular structure surrounded by protective walls. 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, 2574 (Digital archive). SWX5.

<2> Council for British Archaeology, 2003, Defence of Britain Project Database, 2574 (Machine readable data file). SDO128.

<3> Council for British Archaeology, 2006, Defence of Britain Project Archive DEB01, 2574 (Excavation archive). SDO17227.

<4> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3229-30 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13055.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1413244 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jun 12 2023 10:55AM