Monument record MWX1301 - World War Two anti-tank cubes at Eype Mouth, Symondsbury

Three anti-tank cubes. A line of anti-tank cubes is visible across the beach-head at Eype Mouth on aerial photographs taken in 1942. Constructed in 1940-41. The structures were documented as being in a broken condition in 1999.

3 x anti-tank cubes, in a broken condition. <1>

A line of anti-tank cubes is visible across the beach-head at Eype Mouth on aerial photographs taken in 1942 <4>. Photographs taken in 2008 show approximately 25 cubes scattered and partially buried in the sand <5>. The original positions of the cubes as well as the 2008 positions were digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

<1> Council for British Archaeology, 1995, Defence of Britain Project, S0012097 (Digital archive). SWX5.

<2> Council for British Archaeology, 2003, Defence of Britain Project Database, S0012097 (Machine readable data file). SDO128.

<3> Council for British Archaeology, 2006, Defence of Britain Project Archive DEB01, S0012097 (Excavation archive). SDO17227.

<4> Royal Air Force, 07-JUN-1942, RAF AC53 14-15 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12962.

<5> Channel Coastal Observatory, 20-JUL-2008, CCO Aerial Photographic Coverage 2008 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12674.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1426261 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 6 2024 4:36PM