Monument record MDO42651 - Second World War air raid shelter south of Hybris Business Centre, Crossways

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Summary

The Pillbox Study Group note that a segmented, precast concrete Stanton-type air-raid shelter is shown at about this location on the 1958 Ordnance Survey 1:2500 map

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The site lies under tree-cover. It is not known whether the shelter survives or has been removed. The area immediately to the north has been redeveloped as a business park.


Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale (Map). SWX1197.

Thompson, S, 2020, Pillbox Study Group: Defence of Britain Project sites not in the Dorset Historic Environment Record, e47462 (Unpublished document). SDO16685.

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  • --- Unpublished document: Thompson, S. 2020. Pillbox Study Group: Defence of Britain Project sites not in the Dorset Historic Environment Record. e47462.
  • --- Map: Ordnance Survey. 1:2500 scale. 1:2500.

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Location

Grid reference SY 77050 87940 (point)
Map sheet SY78NE
Civil Parish Crossways; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Sep 29 2020 3:46PM

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