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Heavy Anti-aircraft battery on Arne Hill is a Second World War defensive installation located in Dorset. The battery formed part of the extensive air defence network constructed across southern England during the 1940s to protect against German aerial attack. The site comprises the physical remains of gun emplacements and associated structures typical of heavy anti-aircraft batteries of the period, which were equipped to engage enemy aircraft at significant altitude. As a scheduled monument, it represents an important element of Britain's home defence infrastructure during the Second World War and preserves evidence of the military engineering and strategic priorities of wartime England.
Heavy Anti-aircraft battery on Arne Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019409. View the official record →
Heavy Anti-aircraft battery on Arne Hill is a Second World War defensive installation located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019409.
Heavy Anti-aircraft battery on Arne Hill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1019409.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of four bowl barrows 250m WNW of Peaked Close House: part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery on Corfe Common (7.3 km), Bowl barrow 500m north east of Afflington Farm (7.5 km), Medieval settlement at Afflington (7.9 km).
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