Monument record MDO29770 - Second World War barbed wire enclosure, Chesil Beach, Portland
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A Second World War barbed wire enclosure is are visible as a structure on aerial photographs of the 1940s on Chesil Beach, to the west of of a Royal Navy fuel store, to the west of Castletown. The site consists of a sub-rectangular barbed wire enclosure, measuring 55 m by 40 m, with a smaller barbed wire entanglement within it. (1) This site was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).
<1> Royal Air Force, 25-SEP-1945, RAF 106G/UK/842 5063-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13072.
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- <1> SDO13072 Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 25-SEP-1945. RAF 106G/UK/842 5063-4.
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SY 6811 7382 (77m by 72m) (3 map features) |
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Map sheet | SY67SE |
Unitary Authority | Dorset |
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Record last edited
Sep 6 2024 4:35PM