Monument record MDO42697 - Second World War roadblock on Stanley Green Road, Stanley Green, Poole

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Summary

The Pillbox Study Group note the site of a probable Second World War roadblock on Stanley Green Road. The roadblock is inferred from RAF aerial photographs dated January 1947, marking the point where the road crosses a former large drain or anti-tank ditch cutting across peripheral salt marsh.

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The roadblock has been removed and the surrounding area of former salt marsh reclaimed and redeveloped.


Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 PART IV 2041 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12915.

Thompson, S, 2020, Pillbox Study Group: Defence of Britain Project sites not in the Dorset Historic Environment Record, e32325 (Unpublished document). SDO16685.

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  • --- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 PART IV 2041.
  • --- Unpublished document: Thompson, S. 2020. Pillbox Study Group: Defence of Britain Project sites not in the Dorset Historic Environment Record. e32325.

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Location

Grid reference SZ 01140 92060 (point)
Map sheet SZ09SW
Unitary Authority Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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Record last edited

Jan 13 2025 4:36PM

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