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Summary

Service trench, Exeter Airport, east west-aligned trench exposed during a watching brief, may have had origins during World War II.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Military structures; earthworks and archaeological remains of World War II, RAF Exeter and post medieval catchmeadows and orchard banks on footprint of modern Exeter Airport and to the east

Other References/Statuses

• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CONSTRUCTION TRENCH (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Full description

Passmore, A., 01/2013, New Heli-Pad, Exeter Airport, Results of Building Recording and Watcing Brief (Report - Watching Brief). SDV351042.

A single, east west-aligned trench exposed during a watching brief may have had origins during WWII.
Associated with this were a brick manhole with a concrete cover, as well as a concrete structure (?light fixing) that was only partially exposed. The manhole was sealed by the upper dumped layer of subsoil, indicating that much of the excavated material was of post-war date.

Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6125 - Results of Building Recording and Watching Brief, New Heli-Pad, Exeter Airport (Ref: ACD496/2/1)

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