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HER Number: | MDV105790 |
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Name: | Bomb Craters South of West Down Farm |
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Summary
Three small earthwork circular pits are visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s approximately 500 metres to the south of West Down Farm, Exmouth. They are probably bomb craters of Second World War date. They are not visible on later aerial photographs available to the survey and have now probably been levelled or obscured by the development of Devon Cliffs Holiday Park.
Location
Grid Reference: | SY 035 802 |
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Map Sheet: | SY08SW |
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Admin Area | Devon |
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Civil Parish | Exmouth |
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District | East Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | LITTLEHAM |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BOMB CRATER (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, 106G/UK/1412, RAF/106G/UK/1412 3037-3038 13-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV336108.
Three circular earthwork pits or depressions are visible.
Channel Coast Observatory, 2001-2012, Channel Coast Observatory Aerial Photography, Channel Coastal Observatory SY0380_20120917ortho.ecw (Aerial Photograph). SDV351226.
The Devon Cliffs Holiday Park development now covers this area.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.
Three small circular pits 9 to 10 metres in diameter are visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s as earthworks approximately 500 metres to the south of to the south of West Down Farm, Exmouth. The pits are visible in a roughly north to south orientated row, across the banks of a former orchard, and are probably bomb craters of Second World War date. They are not visible on later aerial photographs available to the survey but were probably largely levelled by agriculture following the war. Any visible evidence of the three pits has now been levelled by the landscaping associated with the development of Devon Cliffs Holiday Park, but it is possible the craters survive as buried features. Additional crater earthworks, probably from the same sortie, are recorded to the north. The craters are probably the same as pits previously recorded as possible chalk pits.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV336108 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. 106G/UK/1412. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/1412 3037-3038 13-APR-1946. [Mapped feature: #65222 ] |
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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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SDV351226 | Aerial Photograph: Channel Coast Observatory. 2001-2012. Channel Coast Observatory Aerial Photography. Channel Coast Observatory. Digital. Channel Coastal Observatory SY0380_20120917ortho.ecw. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV63188 | Related to: Chalk Pit at Devon Cliffs Holiday Park, Exmouth (Monument) |
MDV63189 | Related to: CHALK PIT in the Parish of Exmouth (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: | Aug 15 2017 5:45PM |
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