Monument record MDO41241 - Wartime military training site, Canford Heath, Poole

Loose groupings of small sub-circular and crescentic earthworks on the east side of Canford Heath are visible on 1940's aerial photographs. The features are considered likely to be small dug-outs, practice trenches and/or weapons pits associated with an area of probable wartime military training activity. They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

A loose cluster of small sub-circular and crescentic earthworks on the east side of Canford Heath are visible on 1940s aerial photographs (1).

The features are between 5m and 10m in size and are loosely arranged across the heath (1). The features form part of several further groupings of similar earthworks thought to probably be military in origin (e.g. MDOs 41167; 41239; 41240). The features may be dugouts, practice trenches and/or weapons pits associated with an area of probable wartime military training activity. Some of the features appear to overlies trackways across the heath orf probable post medieval origin (MDO41227).

The site is still open heath on current Google Earth imagery and some of the features are still visible (2). They were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> Royal Air Force, 08-MAR-45, RAF/106G/LA/163 RP 3021-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16052.

<2> Google Earth, XX-XXX-2005, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM (Aerial Photograph). SDO12698.

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Sep 10 2024 10:47AM