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| HER Number: | MDV104023 |
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| Name: | Second World War Air Raid Shelter, Ballyholme |
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Summary
A possible domestic air raid shelter of Second World War date is visible as an earthwork embanked structure on aerial photographs of 1945, in the garden to the west of the house now known as Ballyholme. It is not visible on any later images available to the survey and was probably removed immediately after hostilities ended.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 494 497 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX44NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Wembury |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WEMBURY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- AIR RAID SHELTER (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1945, RAF/106G/UK/871, RAF/106G/UK/871 6114-6115 30-SEP-1945 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351258.
A small embanked earthwork mound is visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.
A possible domestic air raid shelter of Second World War date is visible as an earthwork embanked feature on aerial photographs of 1945, built into a west facing terraced slope in the garden of the house now known as Ballyholme. The possible shelter is visible as a small oval mound roughly four metres across at its widest point, with a possible entrance visible in its western side. It is not possible to tell from the aerial photographs alone what type of shelter was used but it might have been an Anderson shelter. The earthwork is not visible on any later images available to the survey and was probably removed immediately after hostilities ended.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV351146 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital. |
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| SDV351258 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1945. RAF/106G/UK/871. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/871 6114-6115 30-SEP-1945. [Mapped feature: #63500 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6127 - Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme (NMP) for South-West England - South Coast Devon (Ref: ACD618)
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 27 2021 2:40PM |
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