Monument record MDO29910 - Second World War light anti-aircraft gun emplacement, Ferrybridge, Weymouth

Buildings and structures possibly associated with a Second World War light anti-aircraft gun emplacement are visible on aerial photographs of Wyke Regis taken in 1946, located at the northern end of Ferrybridge.

ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN EMPLACEMENT. SRF
Whiteheads Torpedo Works
HAA
Recorder - R. Perry. <1>

Buildings and structures possibly associated with a Second World War light anti-aircraft gun emplacement are visible on aerial photographs of Wyke Regis taken in 1946 <4-5>, located at the northern end of Ferrybridge. 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, this area having since been built over by modern development.

<1> Council for British Archaeology, 1995, Defence of Britain Project, 2608 (Digital archive). SWX5.

<2> Council for British Archaeology, 2003, Defence of Britain Project Database, 2608 (Machine readable data file). SDO128.

<3> Council for British Archaeology, 2006, Defence of Britain Project Archive DEB01, 2608 (Excavation archive). SDO17227.

<4> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 5448-49 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13092.

<5> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 F36 3428-29 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13109.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1413278 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 12 2022 7:52PM