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Designations

• Scheduled Monument 27080: DEVIL'S DYKE HILLFORT

Summary

A dilapidated roofless concrete building, which is thought likley to have been part of a First World War weapons testing site (a proving ground for aerial bombs). The testing ground was constructed in 1918, but was not completed until the early November of that year. The roofless building may have been for testing bomb components.

Monument Types

• WEAPONS TESTING SITE? (Built, WW I - 1918 AD to 1918 AD)

Sources

Associated Events - none recorded

Associated Monuments

• MWS5074 - Part of: Devil's Dyke Iron Age Hillfort, Poynings (Monument)
• MWS7562 - Related to: Defence Work WWII (Monument)
• MWS7570 - Related to: Defended locality - WWII (Monument)

Associated Finds - none recorded

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