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Summary

A Troop Training Assault Course said to have been established in 1940 used the nineteenth century reservoir and quarry, as well as purpose built obstacles. The reservoir and quarry survive but the other obstacles are not visible on available aerial photographs and may have been deliberately removed soon after the Second World War ended.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MILITARY TRAINING SITE (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Full description

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

A reservoir and quarry are depicted and marked. Map object partly based on this source.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1631, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1631 1084-1085 08-JUL-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349549.

The reservoir and quarry are visible as earthworks and structures. Some areas of bare ground are also visible to the north of the reservoir. Map object partly based on this source.

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

Gunn states that a Troop Training Assault Course established in 1940 used the old reservoir and quarry as obstacles, as well as purpose built obstacles such as barbed wire entanglements, log ramps, ponds and rope walks (1999). The reservoir and quarry are depicted and marked on 1880s-1890s Ordnance Survey mapping and both are clearly visible as earthworks and structures on aerial photographs from 1946. However none of the other structures are visible on the available aerial photographs and these may have been deliberately removed soon after the war ended. Four areas of bare ground to the north of the reservoir may have been the site of additional training , but are not visible on later available aerial photographs and have probably revegetated, although slight earthworks may survive.

Gunn, B., n.d. [1999], Tales of Old Woolacombe, 43 (Monograph). SDV350728.

A Troop Training Assualt Course used the old reservoir and quarry as obstacles, as well as purpose built obstacles such as barbed wire entanglements, log ramps, ponds and rope walks.

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.
	Linked documents:1
SDV349549	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1631. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/106G/UK/1631 1084-1085 08-JUL-1946.
SDV350728	Monograph: Gunn, B.. n.d. [1999]. Tales of Old Woolacombe. Tales of Old Woolacombe. 43.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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