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Summary

A Second World War slit trench linking coastal defensive structures is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs taken between 1950 and 1958. Earthwork remains are likely to survive below vegetation cover.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Torbay HER: MTO60055

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• SLIT TRENCH (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1951, RAF/540/497, RAF/540/497 RP 4004-4005 12-MAY-1951 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351212.

An irregular earthwork trench is visible.

Royal Air Force, 1958, RAF/58/2549, NMR SX8957/10 RAF 30137/PSFO-P2-0088 27-AUG-1958 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351446.

An irregular earthwork trench is indistinctly visible.

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

An irregular trench is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs taken between 1950 and 1958. In plan it forms a crenelated pattern, with a visible length of circa 60 metres, although this is probable only a part of the original feature. At approximately 1.5 metres wide this is likely to be the trench system noted during a site visit in 1995. It is probably associated with other Second World War defensive features in the area, perhaps linking the pillbox to the south it a possible searchlight. It is not visible on earlier or later available aerial photographs, but the coverage and quality of 1940s images of this area is poor, and vegetation obscures the area on later aerial photographs. Earthwork remains are likely to survive.

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.
	Linked documents:1
SDV351212	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1951. RAF/540/497. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/540/497 RP 4004-4005 12-MAY-1951. [Mapped feature: #64767 ]
SDV351446	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1958. RAF/58/2549. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR SX8957/10 RAF 30137/PSFO-P2-0088 27-AUG-1958.

Associated Monuments

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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