Monument record MDO42689 - Second World war roadblock on Dorchester West railway station approach, Dorchester

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The Pillbox Study Group note the site of a probable Second World War roadblock at about this location south of Dorcheter West railway station, inferred fromn RAF aerial photographs dated January 1947 and associated with a line of concrete obstacles to the north and south.

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The roadblock has been removed and no trace now remains.


Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 5085 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16790.

Thompson, S, 2020, Pillbox Study Group: Defence of Britain Project sites not in the Dorset Historic Environment Record, e32296 (Unpublished document).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  • --- Unpublished document: Thompson, S. 2020.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. e32296.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 5085.

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Grid reference SY 68910 90260 (point)
Map sheet SY69SE
Civil Parish Dorchester; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Jan 13 2025 4:35PM

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