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| HER Number: | MDV105799 |
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| Name: | Earthwork Pits in Jubilee Park, Budleigh Salterton |
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Summary
Four small earthwork pits are visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s close to the coastal slopes in Jubilee Park, Budleigh Salterton. The pits were probably defensive in function, perhaps as a Light Anti-Aircraft battery. The earthworks were probably quickly levelled following the end of the war.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 058 816 |
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| Map Sheet: | SY08SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Budleigh Salterton |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | EAST BUDLEIGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- LIGHT ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1412, RAF/106G/UK/1412 3097-3098 13-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352504.
Four small, possibly embanked pits are visible.
Ordnance Survey, 1988, OS/88193, OS/88193 237-238 22-JUN-1988 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355445.
No evidence of the pits is visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.
Four small earthwork pits 2 to 3 metres in size and roughly 10 metres apart, are visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s in a trapezoidal arrangement close to the coastal slopes in Jubilee Park, Budleigh Salterton. The precise role of the pits is unknown, but they were probably defensive in function, perhaps as gun pits for anti-aircraft use with such light machine guns such as the Bren or Lewis. The earthworks were probably quickly levelled following the end of the war and cannot be seen on aerial photographs of 1988.
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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| SDV352504 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1412. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/1412 3097-3098 13-APR-1946. [Mapped feature: #65231 ] |
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| SDV355445 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1988. OS/88193. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/88193 237-238 22-JUN-1988. |
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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)
| Date Last Edited: | May 21 2014 5:34PM |
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