Monument record MDO42702 - Second World War roadblock on Barnes Way, Dorchester

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The Pillbox Study Group note the site of a probable Second World War roadblock on the sunken lane of Barnes Way, south of its intersection with the B3144 Prince of Wales Road and adjacent to its underpass beneath the Weymouth to London Waterloo railway line.The roadblock is inferred from RAF aerial photographs dated January 1947 . It was presumably intended to control a strategic north-south access routa across the railway line.

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The roadblock has been removed.


Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 5084 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16795.

Thompson, S, 2020, Pillbox Study Group: Defence of Britain Project sites not in the Dorset Historic Environment Record, e41745 (Unpublished document).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  • --- Unpublished document: Thompson, S. 2020.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. e41745.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 5084.

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Grid reference SY 69780 90050 (point)
Map sheet SY69SE
Civil Parish Dorchester; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Jan 13 2025 4:36PM

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