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Summary

Two rectangular sunken earthwork features visible on aerial photographs taken between 1944 and 2012 are likely to be the result of twentieth century landscaping this area for recreational gardens. They partly overlie the site of a burial ground marked on the 1904-6 mapping.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• GARDEN FEATURE (XX to World War II - 1930 AD to 1944 AD (Between))

Full description

United States Airforce, 1944, US/7PH/GP/LOC147, RAF/US/7PH/GP/LOC147 F24 5016 20-JAN-1944 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351618.

A recessed earthwork is visible, immediately south of a rectangular cut or edged feature.

Channel Coast Observatory, 2001-2012, Channel Coast Observatory Aerial Photography, Channel Coastal Observatory SX8959_20120918ortho.ecw 18-SEP-2012 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351226.

Two rectangular sunked earthworks are visible.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.

Two rectangular sunken earthwork features visible on aerial photographs taken in 2012 are likely to be the result of landscaping this area for recreational gardens. On aerial photographs taken in 1944 the features have the character of a public garden, the southernmost similar in appearance to the 2012 images, but the perimeter of the northernmost seemingly surfaced or recently (re)cut. No features are depicted here on earlier Ordnance Survey mapping, and the site of the southernmost earthwork appears to be marked as a burial ground on the 1904-6 mapping. It is possible that any burials had been impacted by twentieth century landscaping.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV351146	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
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SDV351226	Aerial Photograph: Channel Coast Observatory. 2001-2012. Channel Coast Observatory Aerial Photography. Channel Coast Observatory. Digital. Channel Coastal Observatory SX8959_20120918ortho.ecw 18-SEP-2012. [Mapped feature: #64721 ]
SDV351618	Aerial Photograph: United States Airforce. 1944. US/7PH/GP/LOC147. United States Airforce. Photograph (Paper). RAF/US/7PH/GP/LOC147 F24 5016 20-JAN-1944.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6127 - Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme (NMP) for South-West England - South Coast Devon (Ref: ACD618)

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