Monument record MDO31237 - First and Second World War trackways or ordnance marks, Bovington Tank Training Camp, Affpuddle
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Summary
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Full Description
An area of possible partial trackways or ordnance marks are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s and 1970s within the area of the First and Second World War Bovington Tank Training Site, on Tonerspuddle Heath, Affpuddle. The features comprise several short lengths of ditch, oriented north west-south east. The earthworks are visible over an area measuring approximately 103 m by 109 m. (1-3) These features were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.
<1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 2064-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13610.
<2> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 2065-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13603.
<3> Ordnance Survey, 27-SEP-1979, NMR OS/79140 028-030 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13606.
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SY 8304 9140 (139m by 106m) (17 map features) |
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Map sheet | SY89SW |
Civil Parish | Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle; Dorset |
Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- None recorded
Record last edited
Jul 18 2014 1:19PM