Monument record MWX1434 - Second World War anti-tank blocks, Bindon Range, East Lulworth

A large group of Second World War anti-tank blocks are visible on 1946 RAF aerial photographs, located at the mouth of a cove south of Bindon Range (MDO29420). These have since been moved to a new location, approximately 20m to the south-east (MDO29421), probably as a form of sea defence for the sewage outfall pipe here.

Anti-tank blocks, now DESTROYED at Arish Mell, Lulworth military firing range, Lulworth. <1-3>

A large group of Second World War anti-tank blocks are visible on 1946 RAF aerial photographs (2), located at the mouth of a cove south of Bindon Range (MDO29420). They were digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset). The most recent comprehensive aerial photographs available to the project <4-6> indicate that these have since been moved to a new location, approximately 20m to the south-east (MDO29421), probably as a form of sea defence for the sewage outfall pipe here.

<1> Council for British Archaeology, 1995, Defence of Britain Project, S0000052 (Digital archive). SWX5.

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

<3> Council for British Archaeology, 2006, Defence of Britain Project Archive DEB01, S0000052 (Excavation archive). SDO17227.

<4> Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 F20 3259-60 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12950.

<5> XX-XXX-2002, Google Earth (Aerial Photograph). SDO11868.

<6> Channel Coastal Observatory, 20-JUL-2008, CCO Aerial Photographic Coverage 2008 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12674.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1416270 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 24 2023 4:55PM