Monument record MDO29778 - Second World War military buildings, Chesil Beach, Portland

A group of possible Second World War military buildings are visible as structures on aerial photographs of the 1940s, to the west of of a Royal Navy fuel store, Castletown. The buildings are of uncertain function, but may have been associated with coastal defence.

A group of possible Second World War military buildings are visible as structures on aerial photographs of the 1940s, to the west of of a Royal Navy fuel store (see MDO19665), Castletown. The buildings are of uncertain function, but may have been associated with coastal defence. The site consists of a group of ten small buildings or structures. (1) The structures are adjacent to the site of a wrecked Dornier (see MWX4542), but the aircraft was not visible on the available aerial photographs. 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 5065-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13073.

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