ENN110567 - The Defence of Britain Project

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Location

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Technique(s)

Organisation

Council for British Archaeology

Date

April 1995-March 2002

Description

The Defence of Britain Project ran from April 1995 to March 2002 under the auspices of the Council for British Archaeology. In that time, nearly 20,000 twentieth century military sites in the United Kingdom were recorded by 600 volunteers. The two databases developed by the Project can be searched on-line through the Archaeology Data Service at: http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/resources.html?dob‘National Recording Project' applied to Associated Event Addresses to aid retrieval 2018.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Database: Migrated Defence of Britain Project database record originally compiled from various sources.
  • <2> Archive: Historic England. Undated. Defence of Britain. Historic England Archive. DEB01.

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Feb 25 2025 3:54PM

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