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Summary

A network of narrow trackways is visible as a complex of earthworks around Potter’s Hill on aerial photographs between 1946 and 2007. They may have been established by the US or British Army during the Second World War.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• TRACKWAY (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

An oval pit is depicted on the top of Potter's Hill, but no trackways are depicted.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1655, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1655 4024-4025 11-JUL-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349996.

A network of trackways is visible as earthworks.

Next Perspectives, 2007, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS4543 04-MAY-2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349344.

The trackways are visible as earthworks.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.

A network of narrow trackways is visible as a complex of earthworks around Potter’s Hill on aerial photographs between 1946 and 2007. They zig-zag at certain points, presumably to ease the ascent to the top of the hill, and are less than 2 metres in width. They are still visible as clear earthworks in 2007 and can therefore be interpreted as fairly substantial. They are not depicted on late nineteenth century mapping and presumably date to the first half of the twentieth century. It is possible that the route was used to access the probable quarry pit at the summit of the hill; the name of the hill could suggest a source of clay here. However they are in close proximity to the training area used by the US Army in the Second World War, and it is more likely that they were used by the military during exercises, or perhaps as a viewpoint or defensive site earlier in the war.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
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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SDV349344	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2007. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS4543 04-MAY-2007.
SDV349996	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1655. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/106G/UK/1655 4024-4025 11-JUL-1946. [Mapped feature: #62771 ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project

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