Monument record MDO31782 - Second World War Firing Ranges, Heath Holme Range, Tyneham, Purbeck

Extensive areas of shell holes and bare soil associated with Second World War military training on East Holme Range are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946.

Extensive areas of shell holes and bare soil associated with Second World War military training on East Holme Range are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946 (1-4). Linear bands of holes and bare soil associated with firing practice can be seen running for up to 2.5 km across the landscape from Povingtion Hill and Whiteway Hill northwards. They are associated with a number of small structures (usually in lines of three) which are either firing points or tagrets (e.g.MDO31780-1 and MDO31783-6). The features were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project they are no longer visible on recent Google Earth images.

<1> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 4238-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13738.

<2> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 4237-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13739.

<3> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4419-20 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13740.

<4> Royal Air Force, 21-JAN-1945, RAF 106G/UK/105 2030-1 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13713.

Record last edited

Sep 15 2014 10:36AM