Monument record MDO29937 - Second World War spigot mortar emplacement, Bincleaves Groyne, Portland Breakwater

A Second World War spigot mortar emplacement is visible on aerial photographs of the eastern end of Bincleaves Groyne taken in 1946. A 29-millimetre spigot mortar emplacement located on 'C' head, Bincleaves Groyne, Portland Breakwater. The emplacement was constructed after May 1941 and is built of concrete and steel. A field visit in 1983 found the structure to be in a good condition.

29mm Spigot mortar plinth [pedestal].At Portland Breakwater (Bincleaves Groyne), on 'C' head. <1-3>

A Second World War spigot mortar emplacement is visible on aerial photographs of the eastern end of Bincleaves Groyne taken in 1946 <4>. This feature was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset). It still visible at this location on the most recent comprehensive aerial images available to the project <5>.

<1> Council for British Archaeology, 1995, Defence of Britain Project, S0005901 (Digital archive). SWX5.

<2> Council for British Archaeology, 2003, Defence of Britain Project Database, S0005901 (Machine readable data file). SDO128.

<3> Council for British Archaeology, 2006, Defence of Britain Project Archive DEB01, S0005901 (Excavation archive). SDO17227.

<4> Royal Air Force, 13-APR-1946, RAF 106G/UK/1411 F20 4023-24 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13088.

<5> XX-XXX-2009, Google Earth (Aerial Photograph). SDO12705.

Record last edited

Aug 10 2023 3:08PM