Monument record MDO31772 - Second World War military site, South Egliston, Tyneham, Purbeck

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The probable site of a military installation (comprising a building structure surrounded by a protective barbed wire enclosure) is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946.

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Full Description

The probable site of a military installation (comprising a building structure surrounded by a protective barbed wire enclosure) is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946 (1). The features are not visible on recent Google Earth imagery; they were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.


<1> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3254-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13718.

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  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824 3254-5.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 89880 80072 (191m by 92m) (4 map features)
Map sheet SY88SE
Civil Parish Steeple with Tyneham; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Sep 12 2014 2:13PM

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