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| HER Number: | MDV103302 |
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| Name: | Possible pillbox on Woolacombe Warren |
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Summary
A small structure is visible on aerial photographs taken in the 1940s and is likely to be a pillbox. It is probably associated with Second World War military training by the US Army. The structure has probably been demolished or buried.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 456 432 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS44SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Mortehoe |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MORTEHOE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- PILLBOX (ASSAULT TRAINING)? (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1655, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1655 4024-4025 11-JUL-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349996.
A small square 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 structure, approximately 5 metres square, is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946. It is similar in appearance to another structure to the south and is likely to have had a military purpose. It may have been constructed in the early part of the Second World War as a defensive post. However it is sited within the dunes and is more likely to have been a mock-up pillbox used by the US Army for training in the later war years; there are other probable military training structures and features in the vicinity. The structure is not visible on later available aerial photographs and may have been domoliished or bscured by shifting sands or vegetation.
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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| 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: #62778 ] |
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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: | Sep 13 2019 4:26PM |
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