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| HER Number: | MDV103042 |
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| Name: | Probable barbed wire obstruction on Croyde Burrows |
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Summary
A probable barbed wire obstruction, used for Second World War U.S. Army training, is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 435 393 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS43NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Georgeham |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BARBED WIRE ENTANGLEMENT (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
- MILITARY TRAINING SITE (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1941, RAF/1416/S171, NMR RAF/5171 26-27 01-JUN-1941 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349742.
No structures are visible in this location.
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1501, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1501 4137-4138 13-MAY-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349927.
Two parallel linear structures are visible.
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1631, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1631 5097-5098 08-JUL-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349549.
A small structure is visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.
Two roughly parallel linear features, visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946 only, appear to be structures with sand and vegetation grown up around them. At circa 70 metres in length and 20 metres apart they are similar in appearance and layout to the structures interpreted as barbed wire obstructions, which form part of the training aids on Braunton Burrows. They are not visible on later or earlier available aerial photographs and were probably used in military training by the U.S. Army in the later part of the Second World War. They may have been removed soon after the war ended.
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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| SDV349549 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1631. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/106G/UK/1631 5097-5098 08-JUL-1946. [Mapped feature: #62543 ] |
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| SDV349742 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1941. RAF/1416/S171. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/5171 26-27 01-JUN-1941. |
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| SDV349927 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1501. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/106G/UK/1501 4137-4138 13-MAY-1946. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV57324 | Part of: Croyde Bay Area E 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: | Oct 18 2012 1:02PM |
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