Toller
TOLLER: Military Airship Moorings (also known as BRIDPORT)
Aerial view 2018
Area view 2018
Notes: These two pictures were obtained from Google Earth ©
Military user: RAF (Sub-Station to MULLION)
Location: In the area of Regent’s Coppice and Gray’s Farm it seems. Roughly 1.5nm W of Toller Poecorum, about 1nm SW of Lower Kingcombe, S of the A356 and about 6nm NE of Bridport
Period of operation: March 1918 to February 1919
NOTES: This does of course raise the inevitable question in my little mind - how often were these airship out-Station moorings actually used? From what I can gather - regularly used.
What also amazes me, is that a century later, if you look at the first picture; it is still a perfect site for an airship to moor protecting it from the prevailing strong winds from the south-west.
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