Monument record MDO29795 - Second World War Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery, Nothe Gardens, Weymouth

The site of a Second World War heavy anti-aircraft battery is visible on aerial photographs of Weymouth taken in the 1940s, located just to the east of Nothe Fort (MDO6676). The battery was armed with four 3.7 inch guns, as well as several ancillary buildings and structures.

ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN EMPLACEMENT. SRF
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Recorder- R. Perry. <1-3>

Documented. <4>

The site of a Second World War heavy anti-aircraft battery is visible on aerial photographs of Weymouth taken in the 1940s <5-6>, located just to the east of Nothe Fort (MDO6676). The battery was armed with four 3.7 inch guns, as well as several ancillary buildings and structures. These features were digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset). They are not visible on the most recent comprehensive aerial images available to the project.

<1> Council for British Archaeology, 1995, Defence of Britain Project, 2622 (Digital archive). SWX5.

<2> Council for British Archaeology, 2003, Defence of Britain Project Database, 2622 (Machine readable data file). SDO128.

<3> Council for British Archaeology, 2006, Defence of Britain Project Archive DEB01, 2622 (Excavation archive). SDO17227.

<4> Dobinson, C S, 1996, Twentieth century fortifications in England, volume 1. Anti-aircraft artillery: England's air defence gunsites, 1914-46, 439 (Monograph). SDO11874.

<5> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 5444-45 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13084.

<6> Royal Air Force, 30-AUG-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2273 5156-57 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13085.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1413292 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 13 2024 11:00AM