Monument record MWX2458 - Coastal Gun Battery, Sandbanks, Poole

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Site of a coastal gun battery on Sandbanks peninsula, marked on Isaac Taylor's 1765 map of Dorset.

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Battery located at Sandbanks, indicated on Taylor's 1765 'Map of Dorsetshire'. Four guns are indicated. It forms a pair with a battery on Haven Point, Studland. (1)

Precise location of battery not known.


<1> Taylor, Isaac, 1765, Map of Dorsetshire (Cartographic materials). SWX7290.

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  • <1> Cartographic materials: Taylor, Isaac. 1765. Map of Dorsetshire.

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Location

Grid reference SZ 040 873 (point) Estimated from sources
Map sheet SZ08NW
Unitary Authority Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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Record last edited

Sep 28 2020 1:45PM

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