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Summary

Second World War coastal defences are visible as structures and earthwork pits and banks on aerial photographs of 1941 onwards along Bee Sands.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BEACH DEFENCE (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1941, RAF/1416/S314H53, NMR SX 8140/3 RAF 31214/PO-044 10-JUL-1941 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351452.

The coastal defences are visible as structures.

United States Airforce, 1943, US/7PH/GP/LOC133, US/7PH/GP/LOC133 FV 7021-21 30-DEC-1943 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351450.

The coastal defences are visible as structures and earthwork pits and banks.

Royal Air Force, 1945, RAF/106G/UK/967, RAF/106G/UK/967 P 3041-42 01-NOV-1945 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351060.

The coastal defences are visible as structures and earthwork pits and banks.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, RAF/CPE/UK/1890 RS 4051 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351061.

The coastal defences have been removed and levelled.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.

Second World War coastal defences are visible as structures and earthwork pits and banks on aerial photographs of 1941 onwards along Bee Sands. The defences, which are first visible on aerial photographs of 1941, comprise a line of barbed-wire entanglaments which stretch along Bee Sands, linking up with further coastal defences at Sunnydale to the north. Additional traces of an inner line of barbed-wire entanglements, or anti-glider obstacles, and a range of smaller temporary structures to the south may also be visible as structures, but which do not appear on aerial photographs after 1941. Two sub-circular gunpits, which measure between 6-8m in diameter, are visible on aerial photographs of 1943 as earthwork pits and banks to the west of the barbed-wire entanglements. The coastal defences along Bee Sands remain visible as structures and earthwork pits and banks on aerial photographs up until 1945, although have been removed and levelled after this date.

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 P 3041-42 01-NOV-1945. [Mapped feature: #63856 ]
SDV351061	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1890 RS 4051 10-DEC-1946.
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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SDV351450	Aerial Photograph: United States Airforce. 1943. US/7PH/GP/LOC133. United States Airforce. Photograph (Paper). US/7PH/GP/LOC133 FV 7021-21 30-DEC-1943.
SDV351452	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1941. RAF/1416/S314H53. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR SX 8140/3 RAF 31214/PO-044 10-JUL-1941.

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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