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Summary

A rectangular platform marked on Ordnance Survey maps dating to 1904-1906 is partly visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs taken in 1945. It is likely to be a modern landscape feature associated with Battisborough House. Below-ground remains are likely to survive.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• PLATFORM (XIX to World War II - 1880 AD to 1945 AD (Between))

Full description

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

No features are depicted in this location.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

A rectangular terrace or platform is depicted.

Royal Air Force, 1945, RAF/106G/UK/967, NMR RAF/106G/UK/967 RS 3116-3117 01-NOV-1945 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351060.

A rectangular earthwork terrace is visible.

Next Perspectives, 2007, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SX5947 03-MAY-2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV350196.

A dark subrectangular cropmark 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 rectangular platform, circa 120 metres east of Battisborough House, is marked on Ordnance Survey maps dating to 1904-1906 and is partly visible on aerial photographs taken in 1945 as an earthwork. It is likely to be a landscape feature associated with Battisborough House, and as neither are depicted on the 1880s-1890s Ordnance Survey maps they date to the late nineteenth to early twentieth century. A circular structure immediately west of the platform is depicted on the historic mapping and also likely to be a garden or parkland feature. Below-ground remains are likely to survive, as a sub-rectangular dark cropmark is visible in this location on aerial photographs taken in 2007.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV325644	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #63517 ]
SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV350196	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2007. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SX5947 03-MAY-2007.
SDV351060	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1945. RAF/106G/UK/967. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/106G/UK/967 RS 3116-3117 01-NOV-1945.
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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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)

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