Monument record MDO42775 - Second World War light anti-aircraft battery, former RAF Warmwell, Crossways

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Summary

The Pillbox Study Group note that a former light anti-aircraft battery is indicated at this location on the 1958 1:2500 Ordnance Survey map. This is likely to have formed part of the Second World War airfield defences of the former RAF Warmwell.

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The installation has been removed and the site quarried for aggregate.


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S, 2020, Pillbox Study Group: Defence of Britain Project sites not in the Dorset Historic Environment Record, e39339 (Unpublished document).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  • --- Unpublished document: Thompson, S. 2020.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. e39339.
  • --- Map: Ordnance Survey. 1:2500 scale. 1:2500.

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Location

Grid reference SY 75820 88820 (point)
Map sheet SY78NE
Civil Parish Crossways; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

May 12 2023 3:01PM

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