Monument record MDO42744 - Second World War blast shelter, former RAF Hurn (Bournemouth Airport), Hurn

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Summary

Pillbox Study Group list a Second World War blast shelter of unspecified type formerly at approximately this location, marked on the 1955 Ordnance Survey 1:2500 map.

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The shelter was visible as a rectangular roofed structure, probably of cast concrete, and with narrow, projecting concrete or brick flanked entrances to the north and south sides, on Google Earth aerial imagery up until 2014. By the time of the 2017 Google Earth photo series it had been removed, and its former site subsumed beneath the car park for the Aviation Business Park.


Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, 1955 edition (Map). SWX1197.

Google Earth, 2014, Google Earth 2014 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15450.

Google Earth, 2017, Google Earth 2017 (Aerial Photograph). SDO15388.

Thompson, S, 2020, Pillbox Study Group: Defence of Britain Project sites not in the Dorset Historic Environment Record, e37352 (Unpublished document). SDO16685.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. 2017. Google Earth 2017.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. 2014. Google Earth 2014.
  • --- Unpublished document: Thompson, S. 2020. Pillbox Study Group: Defence of Britain Project sites not in the Dorset Historic Environment Record. e37352.
  • --- Map: Ordnance Survey. 1:2500 scale. 1:2500. 1955 edition.

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Location

Grid reference SZ 1088 9877 (point)
Map sheet SZ19NW
Unitary Authority Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Civil Parish Hurn; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Sep 24 2021 3:21PM

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