Monument record MWX4703 - Heavy anti aircraft battery, Southwell, Portland

Possible military buildings showing clear spearhead bastion features visible on a 1940s AP. The Second World War HAA battery and associated military buildings are visible as structures on aerial photographs of the 1940s at Southwell, Portland. Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery Portland C. Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery Portland 4.

ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY. From site list with letter. Isle of Portland HAA Recorder- R. Perry. <1-3>

Possible military buildings on the coast at Portland, showing clear spearhead bastion features visible on a 1940s aerial photograph <4>. The image is not complete, but there are suggestions of a hexagonal bank or rampart around the buildings, possibly the ruins of a fortified coastal battery? Much of it may now be built over.

A Second World War HAA battery and associated military buildings are visible as structures on aerial photographs of the 1940s <5> at Southwell, Portland. The HAA battery is centred at SY 68298 70163. A group of buildings are located to the north, connected by a road, at SY 368135 70310. Possible foxholes and other possible defensive features are located around the site. Aerial photographs of 1948 <6> show that the site has been partially cleared. This site was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

<1> Council for British Archaeology, 1995, Defence of Britain Project (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 (Excavation archive). SDO17227.

<4> Anon, 1940, 1940s APs, Ap40_367000E_71000N.tif (Digital archive). SWX8819.

<5> Royal Air Force, 13-APR-1946, RAF 106G/UK/1411 4051-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13031.

<6> Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photography, 20-JUN-1948, CUCAP AS12 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13078.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1413236 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Jun 1 2023 11:19AM