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| HER Number: | MDV102736 |
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| Name: | Assembly Area for embarkation exercises at the Assault Training Centre at Braunton Burrows |
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Summary
The Assembly area for the U.S. Army’s Assault Training Centre in the Second World War is marked on a plan and several structural and earthwork components are visible on aerial photographs from the 1940s. Although some elements survive, most of this area has been lost to coastal erosion.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 465 319 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS43SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Braunton |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BRAUNTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- MILITARY TRAINING SITE (World War II - 1943 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1945, RAF/106G/LA/221, NMR RAF/106G/LA/221 5029-5030 15-APR-1945 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349986.
Earthwork roads, structures and poles are visible.
Bass, R. T., 2005, Spirits of the Sand: Field Edition, 23-24 (Monograph). SDV325697.
The Assembly Area is shown in schematised form on an unattributed plan, marked 'restricted', of the Assembly Area at Crow Point.
Next Perspectives, 2010, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS4631 08-APR-2010 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349899.
Most of this area has been lost to coastal erosion.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.
Sections of earthwork trackway, several structures and poles of probable Second World War date and military function are visible on aerial photographs of 1945. It is likely that they are components of the Assembly Area for embarkation exercises within the U.S. Army’s Second World War Assault Training Centre, depicted on an unattributed plan. The complex covers approximately 200 metres at Crow Point. It appears that the structures were already partially removed or dismantled by April 1945, and much of the area has since been lost to coastal erosion. However some structures are still visible on aerial photographs taken in 2010, and sections of earthwork may also survive.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV325697 | Monograph: Bass, R. T.. 2005. Spirits of the Sand: Field Edition. Spirits of the Sand. A5 Paperback. 23-24. [Mapped feature: #62232 ] |
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| 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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| SDV349899 | Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2010. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS4631 08-APR-2010. |
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| SDV349986 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1945. RAF/106G/LA/221. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/106G/LA/221 5029-5030 15-APR-1945. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV102737 | Parent of: Concrete wall at Crow Point (Monument) |
| MDV102738 | Parent of: Hut base of the beach office in the Assembly Area at Crow Point (Monument) |
| MDV102741 | Parent of: Possible latrine structures in the Assembly Area at Crow Point (Monument) |
| MDV102735 | Parent of: Possible sections of military roadways at Crow Point (Monument) |
| MDV102740 | Parent of: Telephone line in the Assembly Area at Crow Point (Monument) |
| MDV57283 | Part of: Braunton Areas A, B, C and D of US Assault Training Centre (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 29 2013 12:04PM |
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