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Light Anti-aircraft battery on Holton Heath is a Second World War defensive installation located approximately 650 metres south-east of Sandford House near Wareham in Dorset. The battery represents part of Britain's anti-aircraft defences constructed during the 1939-1945 conflict, when the Dorset coast and inland areas faced the threat of German air attack. The site comprises the physical remains of a light anti-aircraft gun emplacement, typical of the scattered defensive positions established across southern England during the war years. Such batteries were crewed by anti-aircraft units tasked with protecting strategic locations and population centres from enemy bombing operations.
Light Anti-aircraft battery on Holton Heath, 650m south east of Sandford House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019152. View the official record →
Light Anti-aircraft battery on Holton Heath is a Second World War defensive installation located approximately 650 metres south-east of Sandford House near Wareham in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019152.
Light Anti-aircraft battery on Holton Heath, 650m south east 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 1019152.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 1120m WNW of Peaked Close House: part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery on Corfe Common (9.4 km), Bowl barrow 930m WNW of Peaked Close House: part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery on Corfe Common (9.4 km), Bowl barrow 850m WNW of Peaked Close House: part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery on Corfe Common (9.5 km).
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