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| HER Number: | MDV104351 |
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| Name: | Second World War Anti-invasion Defences , Thurlestone Sands |
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Summary
Second World War anti-invasion defences are visible as an earthwork ditch and pits on aerial photographs of 1945. The possible gun pits are no longer visible as earthworks but the slit trench might survive as a shallow, much altered earthwork.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 676 419 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX64SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | South Milton |
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| District | South Hams |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SLIT TRENCH (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
- WEAPONS PIT? (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1945, RAF/106G/UK/967, RAF/106G/UK/967 4124-4125 01-NOV-1945 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351060.
An earthwork ditch and two circular pits are visible.
Next Perspectives, 2002, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photograph, Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SX6741 13-SEP-2002 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351301.
The circular pits are not visible but the slit trench might survive as a much altered shallow earthwork.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.
A possible Second World War slit trench and two circular gun pits are visible on aerial photographs of 1945 as earthworks overlooking the beach at Thurlestone Sand. The earthworks probably comprised part of the early wartime anti-invasion defences, or ‘coastal crust’, in conjunction with an adjacent pillbox and barbed wire obstruction, recorded separately. The possible gun pits are no longer visible as earthworks but the slit trench might survive as a shallow, but much altered earthwork.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV351060 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1945. RAF/106G/UK/967. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/967 4124-4125 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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| SDV351301 | Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2002. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photograph. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SX6741 13-SEP-2002. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV104344 | Related to: Second World War Anti-Invasion Obstruction, Thurlstone Sands (Monument) |
| MDV52977 | Related to: World War II Pillbox at north end of Thurlestone Sands (Monument) |
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 15 2017 5:23PM |
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