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HER Number: | MDV104415 |
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Name: | Military trenches on Bantham Ham |
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Summary
A complex of Second World War trenches are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken between 1941 and 1945, to provide safe access to a probable pillbox defending the coast. They appear to have been quickly infilled or subsumed by vegetation after the end of the conflict.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 662 436 |
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Map Sheet: | SX64SE |
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Admin Area | Devon |
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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
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TRENCH (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1941, RAF/S169/H1, NMR SX6643/7 MSO 31191/PO 56 01-JUN-1941 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351056.
A number of sharp-edged trenches are visible.
Royal Air Force, 1945, RAF/106G/UK/967, RAF/106G/UK/967 RS 3143-3144 01-NOV-1945 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351060.
A complex of trenches is visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.
Narrow zig-zag shaped ditches are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken between 1941 and 1945, apparently leading from Bantham Ham to the possible pillbox on the coast to the south (MDV104414). They appear to be newly cut in 1941, with pale borders each side of the ditch that could be bare earth or perhaps upcast from the trench. They are likely to be Second World War trenches, similar to the network of defences at Cockleridge Ham, to provide safe access to the military defence structures. An additional possible structure is visible at approximately SX6628843643, but it is difficult to make out and not distinguishable on aerial photographs of 1941. The trenches are not visible on later available aerial photographs and are likely to have been naturally or artificially infilled relatively soon after the war.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV351056 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1941. RAF/S169/H1. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR SX6643/7 MSO 31191/PO 56 01-JUN-1941. |
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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 3143-3144 01-NOV-1945. [Mapped feature: #63890 ] |
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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
MDV104414 | Related to: Possible Pillbox and Enclosure South of Bantham Ham (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: | Nov 12 2021 2:19PM |
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