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| HER Number: | MDV105021 |
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| Name: | Possible Second World War Emergency Water Supply Reservoir |
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Summary
Two small circular structures, possibly emergency water supply (EWS) reservoirs of Second World War date, are visible on aerial photographs of 1946 near Bundle Head, Stokeinteignhead.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 932 713 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX97SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Stokeinteignhead |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | STOKEINTEIGNHEAD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- EMERGENCY WATER SUPPLY? (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/3G/TUD/UK/223, RAF/3G/TUD/UK223 5004-5005 12-JUL-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352279.
Two circular structures are visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.
Two small circular structures, visible on aerial photographs of 1946, might be emergency water supply (EWS) reservoirs of Second World War date. At circa five metres in diameter they are substantially smaller than the majority of such EWS recorded in Devon, on average ten to twelve metres in diameter. Their rural location is also atypical, such water tanks normally located in areas where water supply was disrupted, or at risk of disruption due to air raids. The possible water tanks might be associated with a small probable military coastal installation of uncertain function some 200 metres to the south-east. They are not visible on later images available to the survey.
Sources / Further Reading
| 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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| SDV352279 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/3G/TUD/UK/223. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/3G/TUD/UK223 5004-5005 12-JUL-1946. |
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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: | Apr 22 2014 4:54PM |
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