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Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery (P3 Verne), 275m south-west of Fancy's Farm, is a Second World War defensive installation located in Dorset. The battery formed part of the extensive anti-aircraft defences established across southern England during the 1940s to protect against Luftwaffe air raids and invasion threat. The site comprises the characteristic earthwork remains and concrete foundations typical of heavy anti-aircraft batteries of this period, which would have housed gun emplacements, ammunition stores, and operational facilities. Such batteries played a significant role in the air defence strategy of the Home Front, contributing to the wider network of fortifications that characterised the coastal and inland regions of Britain during wartime.
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery (P3 Verne), 275m south-west of Fancy's Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1459502. View the official record →
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery (P3 Verne), 275m south-west of Fancy's Farm, is a Second World War defensive installation located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1459502.
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery (P3 Verne), 275m south-west of Fancy's Farm 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 1459502.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including RAF Portland, site of Rotor early warning radar station (0.4 km), The Verne Citadel (0.5 km), Battery 200yds (180m) E of the Naval cemetery (0.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery (P3 Verne), 275m south-west of Fancy's Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery (P3 Verne), 275m south-west of Fancy's Farm stands on Portland Group, bedrock that formed in the Portlandian. The rock here is limestone and calcareous sandstone.