Monument record MDO30977 - Second World War light anti aircraft battery, Broomhayes, Wareham St Martin

A group of rectilinear structures, trackways and earthworks are visible on aerial photographs of fields to the east of Holton Heath, situated close to Wareham Road. They are considered likely to be the remains of a Second World War Light Anti Aircraft Battery associated with the Royal Naval Cordite Factory on Holton Heath (MDO8224).

Site of a Light Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battery situiated close to Wareham Road where it passes the Roayal Naval Cordite Factory at Holton Heath. It was operational between 1942-3, when it was manned by troops from the 448th Battalion of the 84th Regiment. The emplacement was installed with a single 40mm gun mounted on a Mark II platform. There are no traces of the structure, which is overgrown, although there is a rubble mound at the site. <1>

A group of rectilinear structures, trackways and earthworks are visible on aerial photographs of fields to the east of Holton Heath, situated close to Wareham Road <2-3>. They are considered likely to be the remains of a Second World War Light Anti Aircraft Battery associated with the Royal Naval Cordite Factory on Holton Heath (MDO8224). These features were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project. This site is not visible on the most recent Google Earth imagery.

<1> English Heritage, English Heritage Alternative Action Report, MPPA, 11-Jan-2000 (Scheduling record). SDO18279.

<2> Royal Air Force, 10-FEB-1945, RAF 106G/LA/128 7151 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13548.

<3> Royal Air Force, 09-MAR-1945, RAF 106G/LA/194 165-66 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13546.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1408741 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 16 2023 1:15PM