Monument record MDO42699 - Second World War roadblock on Radipole Park Drive, Weymouth

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Summary

The Pillbox Study Group note the site of a probable Second World War roadblock toward the southern end of Radipole Park Drive, its position approximating to what is now the entrance to Jubilee Close. The roadblock is inferred from RAF aerial photographs dated November 1946 and may mark the western end of a row of concrete anti-tank blocks visible at that time between Radipole Park Drive and the former Portland branch line railway.

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The roadblock has been removed and the area re-modelled.


Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-19, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 2433-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13767.

Thompson, S, 2020, Pillbox Study Group: Defence of Britain Project sites not in the Dorset Historic Environment Record, e34277 (Unpublished document). SDO16685.

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  • --- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-19. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 2433-4.
  • --- Unpublished document: Thompson, S. 2020. Pillbox Study Group: Defence of Britain Project sites not in the Dorset Historic Environment Record. e34277.

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Grid reference SY 67720 79670 (point)
Map sheet SY67NE
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jan 13 2025 4:36PM

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