Monument record MWX1363 - Second World War checkpoint, Avalanche Road, Portland

A World War II check point in Avalanche Road, south of Grangecroft Quarries. It comprised a moveable barbed wire and timber trestle with a sentry box alongside and was constructed sometime between 1940-41. It was a check point where passes/identity cards had to be shown. The barrier had been removed before the end on the war. A field visit in 1997 recorded no traces of the structure.

Check point where passes/identity cards had to be shown. A moveable barbed wire trestle with sentry box alongside. [Informant: Bob Wollage of Weston].At Slobbs in Avalanche Road, S of Grangecroft Quarries, N of house no.163, since demolished. <1-3>

<1> Council for British Archaeology, 1995, Defence of Britain Project, S0005895 (Digital archive). SWX5.

<2> Council for British Archaeology, 2003, Defence of Britain Project Database, S0005895 (Machine readable data file). SDO128.

<3> Council for British Archaeology, 2006, Defence of Britain Project Archive DEB01, S0005895 (Excavation archive). SDO17227.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1420409 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jun 9 2023 6:19AM