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| HER Number: | MDV122814 |
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| Name: | Anti Tank ditch at Horslears, Axminster |
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Summary
Lengths of anti tank ditch visible on the 1940s RAF aerial photos. Part of the Axminster fortified area on the Taunton Stop Line constructed in 1940.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 290 976 |
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| Map Sheet: | SY29NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Axminster |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | AXMINSTER |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ANTI TANK DITCH (Created, World War II - 1940 AD to 1940 AD)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.
Lengths of anti tank ditch are visible on the 1940s RAF aerial photos at Horslears, running alongside the railway and around the sewage works towards the site of Horslears Farm and extending southeastwards along the north side of the stream to the former Axminster & Lyme Regis Light railway. The southeastern section of the ditch had been obliterated by the time of the photo.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV342938 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946 - 1949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #113187 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV45243 | Part of: Axminster Strong Point on the Taunton Stop Line (Monument) |
| MDV119535 | Part of: The Taunton Stop Line (Monument) |
| MDV50875 | Related to: Railblock to east of Musbury Road, Axminster (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 27 2019 4:11PM |
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