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20 anti-tank blocks aligned NW-SE across the gully to the SE of Studland Bay House. They were positioned to block the route from the beach inland. Five of the blocks lie to the N of the stream in the gully and 15 to the S. 2 blocks have slipped into the stream bed. Each block is 1.2m wide and projects on average 1.5m from the ground, with a low pointed pyramid top.
A similar line of blocks existed below the Middle Beach car park at SZ 037828 but they have now been reused in the beach defences NW of Redend Point.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/10)
16 x anti-tank blocks (6ft square), two of which are double. Five are to the S of the stream and eleven to the N. Two have fallen into the gully and have broken.
(Source: Field Visit 1993/04/06)
At least 14 x anti-tank blocks shutting off sea end of valley leading from beach. Plotted from air photograph. They were still present in 1953.
(Source: Air Photograph 1941/08/16)
Anti-tank cubes (4ft x 4ft x 5ft high, with conical caps) in a line across a steep-sided gully. Some 20 blocks survive.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/01/19)
| Type of site | CUBE |
|---|---|
| Location | In a gully at the NW end of the Middle Beach car park, Studland. |
| Area |
Studland, Dorset, England |
| Grid reference |
SZ 0355 8301
(Scale: 1:10000
)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Good |
| Materials | Concrete |
| Recorder | Foot, William (English Heritage Defence Areas Project) |
| Defence grouping |
Dorset coast defences - Defences of the Dorset coast line and immediate hinterland. |
| Photographs |
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| DOB site reference: | S0007719 |
| Associated Identifier | National Trust SMR (ref: 112575) |
| Reference |
1941/08/16 SZ 0382/3 (fr.46) |
| Event |
Field Visit, During 1995/10 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1993/04/06 Field Visit, On 2003/01/19 |
