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| HER Number: | MDV104345 |
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| Name: | Possible Anti-Invasion Posts in the Avon Estuary |
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Summary
Two rows of possible Second World War anti-invasion defences are visible as post-like structures on aerial photographs taken in 1941. They were probably removed soon after the war ended.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 667 439 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX64SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Bigbury |
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| Civil Parish | Thurlestone |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | THURLESTONE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ANTI TANK OBSTACLE (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1941, RAF/S169/H1, NMR SX6644/9 MSO 31191/PO 54 01-JUN-1941 - NMR SX6643/6 MSO 31191/PO 55 01-JUN-1941 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351056.
Two rows of posts are visible as structures.
Royal Air Force, 1945, RAF/106G/UK/967, RAF/106G/UK/967 RS 3144-3145 01-NOV-1945 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351060.
The structure is not visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.
Two rows of small structures, less than 2 metres in diameter, are visible across the mouth of the Avon estuary on aerial photographs taken in 1941. They are likely to be posts or concrete blocks that acted as anti-invasion defences to hinder access to the Avon river in the Second World War. They are not visible on any later available aerial photographs and were presumably removed by 1945 once the threat of invasion in the early phase of the war had passed.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV351056 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1941. RAF/S169/H1. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR SX6644/9 MSO 31191/PO 54 01-JUN-1941 - NMR SX6643/6 MSO 31191/PO 55 01-JUN-1941. [Mapped features: #63817 ; #63818 ] |
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| SDV351060 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1945. RAF/106G/UK/967. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/967 RS 3144-3145 01-NOV-1945. |
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| 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)
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 21 2014 2:33PM |
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