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Monument Number 915761
Hob Uid: 915761
Location : East Riding of Yorkshire Hornsea
Grid Ref : TA2091447989
Summary : World War II pillbox, Hornsea seen on 1945 air photograph. Destroyed by 1992.
More information : TA 2092 4799. `Eared' pillbox. (for full description see TA 15 SE 35) This `eared' type pillbox was positioned on the beach at the seafront in Hornsea. It was intended to provide flanking fire as part of the anti-landing defences of the town. The site was plotted from aerial photographs by the Fortress Studies Group dated 1945, they also visited the site as part of the Holderness Survey in 1992, and found the site to be totally destroyed. (1-1a) The monument is also visible as an upstanding structure on air photographs examined as part of the Rapid Coastal Assessment Survey of the Yorkshire and Humber Estuary.Due to coastal erosion the monument no longer survives in situ. (1a) `Eared¿ type pillbox positioned on the beach at the seafront in Hornsea. It was intended to provide flanking fire as part of the anti-landing defences of the town. Destroyed by 1992. (2)

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Source details : Roger Thomas/13-APR-1992/FSG,RCHME:Holderness Survey
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Source Number : 1a
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Source details : Aerial Photograph: Sortie 106G/LA212 4026-4027
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : Gazetteer Reference HO46, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Second World War
Display Date : World War II
Monument End Date : 1945
Monument Start Date : 1939
Monument Type : Pillbox
Evidence : Destroyed Monument, Structure

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Humberside)
External Cross Reference Number : MHU18939
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TA 24 NW 36
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : THEMATIC SURVEY
Start Date : 1992-04-09
End Date : 1992-04-13

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2006-05-12
End Date : 2007-05-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 915761