Thesaurus Term/Concept: BEACH DEFENCE

Identifier 82861
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note Obstacles such as scaffolding, barbed wire and concrete blocks or cylinders placed on a beach to impede the progress of enemy soldiers, vehicles or watercraft landing from the sea.

Broader Terms/Concepts (2)

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Narrower Terms/Concepts (2)

Instances/Examples (37)

Context Record
Monument Type MDO24320 Bowleaze Cove, WWII beach defence (Monument)
Monument Type MDO24321 Bowleaze Cove, WWII beach defence (Monument)
Monument Type MDO24322 Bowleaze Cove, WWII beach defence (Monument)
Monument Type MDO25819 Chesil Beach - Modern beach defences (Monument)
Monument Type MDO25823 Chesil Beach - Modern beach defences (Monument)
Monument Type MDO25824 Chesil Beach - Modern beach defences (Monument)
Monument Type MDO25905 Chesil Beach - WWII anti tank ditch (Monument)
Monument Type MDO25906 Chesil Beach - WWII anti tank ditch (Monument)
Monument Type MDO25907 Chesil Beach - WWII anti tank ditch (Monument)
Monument Type MDO25903 Chesil Beach - WWII beach defences (Monument)
Monument Type MWX4912 Mudeford Quay, Mudeford, Christchurch; anti-tank blocks seen on APs (Monument)
Monument Type MDO24452 Osmington Bay Holiday Centre, WWII beach defence (Monument)
Monument Type MDO24425 Redcliff Point, scaffolding beach defence (Monument)
Monument Type MDO29624 Second World War beach defence, Freshwater Beach, Burton Bradstock (Monument)
Monument Type MDO29957 Second World War beach defences, Boscombe, Bournemouth (Monument)
Monument Type MDO29954 Second World War beach defences, Bournemouth (Monument)
Monument Type MDO29955 Second World War beach defences, Bournemouth (Monument)
Monument Type MDO29956 Second World War beach defences, Bournemouth (Monument)
Monument Type MDO29912 Second World War beach defences, Ferrybridge, Wyke Regis (Monument)
Monument Type MDO29916 Second World War beach defences, Ferrybridge, Wyke Regis (Monument)
Monument Type MDO28585 Second World War beach defences, Lilliput, Poole (Monument)
Monument Type MDO29958 Second World War beach defences, Southbourne, Bournemouth (Monument)
Monument Type MDO29959 Second World War beach defences, Southbourne, Bournemouth (Monument)
Monument Type MDO29021 Second World War beach defences, Studland, Purbeck (Monument)
Monument Type MDO29022 Second World War beach defences, Studland, Purbeck (Monument)
Monument Type MDO29163 Second World War beach defences, Swanage (Monument)
Monument Type MDO29020 Second World War beach defences, Swanage, Purbeck (Monument)
Monument Type MDO29794 Second World War beach defences, Weymouth Sands, Weymouth (Monument)
Monument Type MDO29884 Second World War beach defences, Wyke Regis, Weymouth (Monument)
Monument Type MDO28658 Second World War beach defensive structures, Southbourne, Bournemouth (Monument)
Monument Type MDO28594 Second World War beach obstacles, Southbourne, Bournemouth (Monument)
Monument Type MWX1361 Second World War Beach Scaffolding, Chesil Beach, Portland (Monument)
Monument Type MDO28660 Second World War sectioning of pier, Boscombe Pier, Bournemouth (Monument)
Monument Type MDO28659 Second World War sectioning of pier, Bournemouth Pier, Bournemouth (Monument)
Monument Type MDO24821 World War 2 beach defences, Weymouth Bay (Monument)
Monument Type MDO25904 World War Two anti-tank ditch, Chesil Beach, Abbotsbury (Monument)
Monument Type MWX2893 World War Two Class I Landing Beach, Chesil Beach, Abbotsbury (Place)