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| HER Number: | MDV105425 |
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| Name: | Fuel Tanks in Breakwater Quarry |
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Summary
Two fuel tanks are visible on aerial photographs between 1942 and 1958. They were camouflaged during the Second World War, when they stored aviation fuel. The tanks had been removed by 1989.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 932 565 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX95NW |
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| Admin Area | Torbay |
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| Civil Parish | Brixham |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BRIXHAM |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FUEL TANK (XX - 1901 AD to 2000 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1930 - 1939, Fourth Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV336668.
Two tanks are depicted and marked.
Royal Air Force, 1942, RAF/AC39, RAF/AC39 V 74 29-APR-1942 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352346.
Two circular structures are visible.
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, v clear RAF/CPE/UK/1890 FS 3207-3208 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351061.
Two camouflaged circular structures are visible.
Royal Air Force, 1958, RAF/58/2549, NMR SX9356/16 RAF 30137/PSFO-P2-0060 27-AUG-1958 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351446.
Two tanks are visible.
Ordnance Survey, 1989, OS/89161, NMR/OS/89161 V 250-251 08-MAY-1989 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354452.
The tanks are not visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.
The two fuel tanks are visible on aerial photographs between 1942 and 1958 measuring 30 metres in diameter. They are depicted on 1930s Ordnance Survey mapping and had been painted with camouflage patterning presumably early in the Second World War, when they housed aviation fuel, to protect against aerial attack. The towers had been removed by 1980.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV336668 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1930 - 1939. Fourth Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Fourth Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV351061 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). v clear RAF/CPE/UK/1890 FS 3207-3208 10-DEC-1946. [Mapped features: #64870 ; #64871 ] |
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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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| SDV351446 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1958. RAF/58/2549. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR SX9356/16 RAF 30137/PSFO-P2-0060 27-AUG-1958. |
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| SDV352346 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1942. RAF/AC39. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/AC39 V 74 29-APR-1942. |
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| SDV354452 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89161. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). NMR/OS/89161 V 250-251 08-MAY-1989. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV105435 | Related to: Possible Storage Tank Structure, Brixham. (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: | May 11 2017 12:00AM |
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