Monument record MWX4912 - Mudeford Quay, Mudeford, Christchurch; anti-tank blocks seen on APs

Beach defences, Mudeford, visible on an AP from 1940. Two lines of Second World War anti-tank cubes are visible as structures on aerial photographs of 1940 at Mudeford Quay.

Beach defences, Mudeford, comprising two rows of anti-tank blocks visible on an AP from 1940. (1) At the east end of Mudeford Quay there were three pyramid topped anti-tank blocks. Other pyramid topped blocks continued the line in both directions parallel to the shore. No longer exist (2).
Two lines of Second World War anti-tank cubes are visible as structures on aerial photographs of 1940 at Mudeford Quay. The cubes extend from from north east to south west for a distance of approximately 185 m, then turn inland to the southfor a distance of 52 m. (3) This site was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

<1> Royal Air Force, 1940, 6646, Frame 2 (Aerial Photograph). SWX9026.

<2> Hodges, M A, 1982, Prepared for Battle - some details of forts and fights in and near Christchurch over the last three millennia. , 38 (Monograph). SWX8109.

<3> Royal Air Force, 12-AUG-1940, RAF 225K BR270 01-02 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12732.

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Aug 29 2024 1:48PM