Monument record MDO30772 - Modern military training site, Seven Barrows, Wareham Town

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Summary

A group of trackways and slit trenches and a possible building foundation are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the south-west of Seven Barrows Farm, Wareham Town. They are considered likely to be remains of a First or Second World War military training area. This area has since been levelled by modern quarrying.

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Full Description

A group of trackways and slit trenches and a possible building foundation are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs to the south-west of Seven Barrows Farm, Wareham Town (1-2). They are considered likely to be remains of a First or Second World War military training area. These features were digitally plotted during the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project. They are not visible on the most recent Google Earth imagery, having since been levelled by modern quarrying.


<1> Royal Air Force, 17-JAN-1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1934 3054-55 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13408.

<2> Royal Air Force, 04-JUN-1950, RAF 58/477 5109-10 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13417.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 17-JAN-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1934 3054-55.
  • <2> Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-JUN-1950. RAF 58/477 5109-10.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 9076 8850 (369m by 367m) (62 map features)
Map sheet SY98NW
Civil Parish Wareham Town; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Aug 19 2015 2:12PM

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