Monument record MDO44910 - First World War practice trenches, Blandford Camp, Tarrant Hinton, Tarrant Launceston and Tarrant Monkton

Practice trenches comprising numerous sections of irregular and zig zag bank and ditches are visible within and around the internal perimeter of Blandford Camp on 1940s aerial photographs. The features are considered likely to be of First World War date, although may include some Second World War earthworks or re-use. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

Practice trenches comprising numerous sections of irregular and zig zag bank and ditches are visible within and around the internal perimeter of Blandford Camp on 1940s aerial photographs [1-10] . The features are considered likely to be of First World War date, although may include some Second World War earthworks or Second World War re-use. The features were digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project. Some features remain visible on current lidar imagery, although most are lost beneath the redevelopment of Blandford Camp.

<1> Royal Air Force, 11-APR-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1975 RS 4008 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18888.

<2> Royal Air Force, 01-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4318 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18474.

<3> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 FS 2153 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18613.

<4> Royal Air Force, 23-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1944 RP 3314 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18895.

<5> Royal Air Force, 24-MAR-1944, RAF/NLA/80 RS 4083 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18617.

<6> Royal Air Force, 01-JAN-1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RS 4320 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18501.

<7> Royal Air Force, 18-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1845 FS 2062 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18910.

<8> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 V 5153 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18912.

<9> Royal Air Force, 24-MAR-1944, RAF/NLA/80 RP 3084 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18911.

<10> Crawford, O G S, 17-JUL-1928, CCC 8837/420 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18887.

Record last edited

Nov 30 2022 4:24PM