Monument record MDO28598 - Second World War anti-tank blocks, Middle Chine, Bournemouth

Second World War pyramidial anti-tank blocks are visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s at Middle Chine. Two parallel lines of anti-tank blocks, measuring up to approximately 35 m in length, extend south west to north east across an open area at the end of the chine parallel to the seafront.

Second World War pyramidial anti-tank blocks are visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s at Middle Chine. Two parallel lines of anti-tank blocks, measuring up to approximately 35 m in length, extend south west to north east across an open area at the end of the chine parallel to the seafront. (1-2) Anti-tank blocks, made of reinforced concrete, were one of the coastal crust defence measures used to protect vulnerable areas during the Second World War. The site is not visible on the most recent comprehensive aerial imagery available to the project. (3) This site was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

<1> Royal Air Force, 04-JUN-1942, RAF HLA/575 6046-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12624.

<2> Royal Air Force, 30-OCT-1945, RAF 106G/T16/PART I 7116-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12625.

<3> Channel Coastal Observatory, 15-OCT-2010, CCO Aerial Photographic Coverage 2009 (Aerial Photograph). SDO12622.

Record last edited

Jul 15 2013 8:18AM