Any New Forest experts

stevew · 06-03-2008, 02:54 PM

Just after a bit of help identifying something, might be quite obvious but I haven't any piccies to show (I don't think any photos will help).

In the New Forest, and it's not one of the airfields. A few miles outside Fordingbridge there is a large flat area of land about a 1/4 mile from the road, there are metals tracks (not like railway tracks - smaller), and what looks like where building may have stood. Bearing in mind the proximity of the airfields my best guess is it is some sort of anti aircraft position. It's on a reasonably high piece of ground.

Any ideas?

the_historian · 06-03-2008, 03:06 PM

It's a long time since I've been in that neck of the woods Steve, but wasn't there a POW camp in Fordingbridge?

stevew · 06-03-2008, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by the_historian

It's a long time since I've been in that neck of the woods Steve, but wasn't there a POW camp in Fordingbridge?

I didn't know that Gordon. It doesn't seem a large enough area to be a POW camp, but I could be wrong

Steve

06-03-2008, 02:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
stevew Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hampshire Posts: 244	Any New Forest experts Just after a bit of help identifying something, might be quite obvious but I haven't any piccies to show (I don't think any photos will help). In the New Forest, and it's not one of the airfields. A few miles outside Fordingbridge there is a large flat area of land about a 1/4 mile from the road, there are metals tracks (not like railway tracks - smaller), and what looks like where building may have stood. Bearing in mind the proximity of the airfields my best guess is it is some sort of anti aircraft position. It's on a reasonably high piece of ground. Any ideas? __________________ In memory of 1891923 Sgt Albert George Edward Mount RAFVR, 115 Squadron Bomber Command, whose Lancaster was shot down on 8th June 1944 over Montchauvet, Yvelines.

06-03-2008, 03:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
the_historian Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bannockburn, Scotland Posts: 465	It's a long time since I've been in that neck of the woods Steve, but wasn't there a POW camp in Fordingbridge? __________________ Regards, Gordon History Vault Bookshop http://www.UKBookworld.com/members/historyvault Fortress Scotland-http://photobucket.com/albums/y20/Historian/

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