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| HER Number: | MDV102737 |
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| Name: | Concrete wall at Crow Point |
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Summary
A linear structure of probable Second World War date and military function is visible on aerial photographs between 1945 and 2010. It is interpreted as a concrete wall associated with the Assembly Area for embarkation practise at the U.S. Army’s Assault Training Centre. Despite significant coastal erosion the structure seems to survive on the foreshore.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 464 320 |
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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
- WALL (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.
A linear structure is visible.
Bass, R. T., 2005, Spirits of the Sand: Field Edition, 23-24 (Monograph). SDV325697.
A concrete wall 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, but a linear structure is clearly visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.
A linear structure, circa 1.5 by 30 metres, is visible across the north part of the neck of Crow Point on aerial photographs between 1945 and 2010. It is probably the remains of a concrete wall marked on plans of the Assembly Area for embarkation training within the Second World War Assault Training Centre used by the U.S. Army, but its exact function is not known. Although much of the area has been lost to coastal erosion, the wall is clearly visible on the foreshore in 2010, in a very different context to its former position within the dunes.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV325697 | Monograph: Bass, R. T.. 2005. Spirits of the Sand: Field Edition. Spirits of the Sand. A5 Paperback. 23-24. |
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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. [Mapped feature: #62233 ] |
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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
| MDV102736 | Part of: Assembly Area for embarkation exercises at the Assault Training Centre at Braunton Burrows (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 4 2012 12:55PM |
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