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Summary

Several structures visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946 may have been lookouts or ancilliary buildings associated with coastal defence during the Second World War. They are not visible on available aerial photographs taken after the 1940s, and have been removed or quarried away fairly soon after the war.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1017322: Berry Head Fort and battery and Hardy's Head Battery

Other References/Statuses

• Tide Project: 20/08/2020

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MILITARY SITE? (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, RAF/CPE/UK/1890 FS 3209-3210 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351061.

Two small structures and two pale areas are visible.

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

Several temporary or ephemeral structures were visible within the boundary of Fort Number 3 at Berry Head, on aerial photographs taken in 1946. These included two small structures, circa 2.5 metres square, on two of the gun platforms at the southern end of the redoubt, and a low rectangular structure of 9 by 3.5 metres, possibly a concrete hut base, and a nearby pale area of 12 by 5 metres that may have been the site of a temporary building, in the northern terrace of the fort. Their function and date is not certain, but they may have been lookouts or ancilliary buildings associated with coastal defence during the Second World War. They are not visible on available aerial photographs taken after the 1940s, and the small square structures were probably removed fairly soon after the war. Any remains of the rectangular structure at SX9434456576 would have been quarried away by the late 1950s, and there are no visible remains of the rectangular feature at SX9432756555 on any of the later available aerial photographs.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV351061	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1890 FS 3209-3210 10-DEC-1946. [Mapped features: #66593 ; #66594 ; #66595 ; #66596 ]
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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Associated Monuments

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)
• EDV7797 - Architectural Survey by DA Buildings Section 1988
• EDV7832 - Documentary research on the Berry Head Fort
• EDV7834 - Archaeological Assessments of the Berry Head Forts

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