St Côme de Fresné, Arromanches, France - Report On An Archaeological Evaluation And An Assessment Of The Results

Wessex Archaeology

The aim of this exercise was to investigate two of the intended objectives of the 1st Battalion of the Dorset Regiment on D-Day - the positions known as Point 54 and Puits d’Herode as part of a programme for the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings. The main aim of these archaeological investigations was to examine these fortified positions in order to establish whether there was any evidence for why they proved to be better defended than the 1st Dorsets had been led to believe, and to establish whether the Allied intelligence supplied to the 1st Dorsets was inadequate in its assessment of the German defences in this area.