Monument record MDO29944 - Second World War Coast Artillery Searchlight, Outer Breakwater, Portland Harbour

Probable site of a Second World War coast artillery searchlight located on the Outer Breakwater of Portland Harbour. It is considered likely to have been constructed between 1940-41, in accordance with similar searchlights located on this breakwater (MWX1370-71). This structure is visible on aerial photographs, situated within the middle section of Portland's Outer Breakwater. It is still extant.

Probable site of a Second World War coast artillery searchlight located on the Outer Breakwater of Portland Harbour. It is considered likely to have been constructed between 1940-41, in accordance with similar searchlights located on this breakwater (MWX1370-71).

This structure is visible on aerial photographs, situated within the middle section of Portland's Outer Breakwater (2-3). This feature was digitally plotted during the South West Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey (Dorset). It is still visible at this location on the most recent comprehensive aerial images available to the project.

<1> Council for British Archaeology, 1995, Defence of Britain Project, S0011290 (Digital archive). SWX5.

<1> Council for British Archaeology, 2006, Defence of Britain Project Archive DEB01, S0011290 (Excavation archive). SDO17227.

<2> Royal Air Force, 17-APR-1951, RAF 540/457 F20 4093 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13116.

<3> XX-XXX-2009, Google Earth (Aerial Photograph). SDO12705.

Record last edited

Nov 20 2013 10:39AM