Monument record MDO29854 - Second World War military camp, Barrow Camp, Camp Road, Chickerell

A Second World War military camp is visible on 1940's aerial photographs and Lidar imagery, located just to the north-west of Camp Road, Chickerell. The camp included ancillary buildings and structures, roads and slit trenches. Cropmarks of former tented encampments were also visible.

A Second World War military camp is visible on 1940's aerial photographs (1-4) and Lidar imagery (5), located just to the north-west of Camp Road, Chickerell. The camp included ancillary buildings and structures, roads and slit trenches. Cropmarks of former tented encampments were also visible. A heavy anti aircraft battery (MDO23287) was located just to the east of this site and is likely to have been associated with it. These features were digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset). Some components of this site are still visible as structures, foundations and earthworks on the most recent comprehensive aerial images available to the project.

Lucas, R N, 1971, Barrow Camp (Unpublished document). SDO21185.

<1> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 5449-50 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13097.

<1> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 5450-51 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13105.

<2> Royal Air Force, 13-APR-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1411 F20 4034-35 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13098.

<3> Royal Air Force, 13-APR-1946, RAF 106G/UK/1411 F20 4055 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13096.

<4> Royal Air Force, 30-AUG-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2273 5176-77 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13099.

<5> Channel Coastal Observatory, 25-FEB-2009, Lidar (Aerial Photograph). SDO12879.

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Dec 19 2024 12:05PM