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Light Anti-aircraft battery on Holton Heath, 210m west of Sandford House is a Second World War defensive installation dating from 1940–1945. The battery comprises earthwork remains and structures characteristic of light anti-aircraft gun positions constructed during the period of German aerial threat to southern England. Such installations were positioned across Dorset to provide protection against low-flying enemy aircraft and formed part of the comprehensive air defence network established following the Battle of Britain. The site preserves archaeological evidence of wartime military engineering and operational deployment on the Purbeck heathland.
Light Anti-aircraft battery on Holton Heath, 210m west of Sandford House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019153. View the official record →
Light Anti-aircraft battery on Holton Heath, 210m west of Sandford House is a Second World War defensive installation dating from 1940–1945. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019153.
Light Anti-aircraft battery on Holton Heath, 210m west of Sandford House 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 1019153.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of six pillow mounds 470m north west of Barnston Farm (8.8 km), The Rings: a ringwork and bailey and a Civil War battery 400m south west of Corfe Castle (9 km), Bowl barrow 1120m WNW of Peaked Close House: part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery on Corfe Common (10 km).
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Light Anti-aircraft battery on Holton Heath, 210m west of Sandford House stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.