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Name:Second World War military buildings, Grove, Portland
Type of Record:Monument
HER Number:MDO19680
Last edited:Nov 4 2013 2:13PM


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Summary

Military building (wartime?), single storey, brick, with flat concrete roof. A smaller concrete building is just NE. Probably WWII. Function uncertain. Close to edge of Broadcroft Quarry. Used as stable in 2007. The building and a second one immediately to the north are visible as structures on aerial photographs of the 1940s.

Sources and Further Reading

<1>SDO10278 - Verbal communication: Stanier, P. 2007. Field observation.
<2>SDO13043 - Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 25-SEP-1945. RAF 106G/UK/842 5059-60.
<3>SDO12674 - Aerial Photograph: Channel Coastal Observatory. 20-JUL-2008. CCO Aerial Photographic Coverage 2008.

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