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| HER Number: | MDV102335 |
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| Name: | Former building south-west of Babbacombe Mouth. |
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Summary
A small rectangular structure is visible on the beach on aerial photographs taken in 1946. Its use and date of construction is not known, it is possible that it had a military function but its small size suggests otherwise. There is no trace of it on 1978 aerial photographs.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 394 255 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS32NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Alwington |
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| Civil Parish | Hartland |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | HARTLAND |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ALWINGTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BUILDING (World War II to XX - 1939 AD to 1978 AD (Between))
- MILITARY BUILDING? (World War II to XX - 1939 AD to 1978 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1420, DCC RAF/106G/UK/1420 F21 4002-4003 16-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349339.
A rectangular structure is visible on the beach.
Ordnance Survey, 1978, OS/78017, NMR OS/79017 192-193 16-APR-1978 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349081.
No structure is visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.
A small rectangular structure, approximately 4 metres by 2.5 metres, is visible on the beach on aerial photographs taken in 1946. It is very pale with a darker area in the centre, and could have functioned as a military building, although it is very small and may have been used for storage or related to fishing. It is not visible on aerial photographs taken in 1978, and may have been deliberately removed or naturally eroded by the sea.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV349018 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S.. 2011 - 2012. North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. ACD383/2/1. Digital. |
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| SDV349081 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1978. OS/78017. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR OS/79017 192-193 16-APR-1978. |
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| SDV349339 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1420. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DCC RAF/106G/UK/1420 F21 4002-4003 16-APR-1946. [Mapped feature: #61785 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project
| Date Last Edited: | May 21 2012 12:26PM |
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