Monument record MWX4734 - Second World War anti aircraft battery, Shipstal Point, Arne

A group of six circular structures laid out in a hexagonal pattern around a central circular structure are visible on aerial photographs of Shipstal Point taken between 1942 and 1952. These features are considered to be the remains of an anti aircraft battery associated with Second World War activity in this area. A group of buildings, structures and trackways located just to the east of this site may be contemporary with it (MDO28924).

A feature consisting of six circular features all placed so as to create the points of a hexagon are visible on a 1940s aerial photograph. They are probably the remains of a modern feature, possibly some kind of anti aircraft battery (1).

A group of six circular structures laid out in a hexagonal pattern around a central circular structure are visible on aerial photographs of Shipstal Point taken between 1942 and 1952 (2-4). These features are considered to be the remains of an anti aircraft battery associated with Second World War activity in this area. A group of buildings, structures and trackways located just to the east of this site may be contemporary with it (MDO28924). This site was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset). This feature is not visible on the most recent comprehensive imagery available to the project (5), this area now being obscured by vegetation cover.

<1> Anon, 1940, 1940s APs, AP40_398000E_087000N.tif (Digital archive). SWX8819.

<2> Royal Air Force, 21-JUN-1942, RAF/HLA/623 6060-61 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12739.

<3> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 F36 3045-46 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12745.

<4> Royal Air Force, 09-MAY-1952, RAF/540/723 F10 5181-82 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12749.

<5> Google Earth, 2013, Google Earth 2013 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12686.

Record last edited

Dec 4 2013 8:58AM