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Monument Number 915833
Hob Uid: 915833
Location : East Riding of Yorkshire Hornsea
Grid Ref : TA2014446657
Summary : World War II road block of anti tank cubes, Hornsea seen on 1945 air photograph. No trace by 1992.
More information : TA 2015 4666. Road block. This road block, formed from three reinforced concrete anti-tank cubes placed accross Marlbrough Avenue, was to prevent enemy tanks using the main road landwards. The site was plotted from aerial photographs dated 1945 and was also visited by the Fortress Studies Group in 1992 during the Holderness Survey. They found the site to have been totally destroyed. (1-1a) The monument is also visible as upstanding structures on air photographs examined as part of the Rapid Coastal Assessment Survey of the Yorkshire and Humber Estuary. (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/LA216 4023-4024
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : RAF 106G/LA/216 3024 13-Apr-1945
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : World War II
Monument End Date : 1945
Monument Start Date : 1939
Monument Type : Roadblock
Evidence : Documentary Evidence, Structure

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TA 24 NW 57
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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 915833