Monument record MDO29777 - Second World War light anti-aircraft gun emplacement, Chesil Beach, Portland

The possible site of a Second World War light anti-aircraft gun emplacement is visible as a structure on aerial photographs of the 1940s within a barbed wire enclosure, to the west of of a Royal Navy fuel store, Castletown.

Alleged site of Light Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battery at Chesil. No remains. <1>

The possible site of a Second World War light anti-aircraft gun emplacement is visible as a structure on aerial photographs of the 1940s within a barbed wire enclosure (see MDO29774), to the west of of a Royal Navy fuel store (see MDO19665), Castletown. The site consists of a group of six small structures or buildings and two outlying structures to the west of the group. <2> This site was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset).

<1> English Heritage, English Heritage Alternative Action Report, MPPA, undated (Scheduling record). SDO18279.

<2> Royal Air Force, 25-SEP-1945, RAF 106G/UK/842 5065-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13073.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1408764 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 6 2024 4:35PM