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Summary

A possible barbed-wire entanglement of Second World War date is visible as a single linear structure on aerial photographs of 1941, at Exmouth.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BARBED WIRE ENTANGLEMENT (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1941, RAF/1416/S403H55, NMR SX 9980/20 MSO 31241/PO-049 14-AUG-1941 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352644.

The barbed-wire entanglement is visible as a single linear structure.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1412, RAF/106G/UK/1412 RP 3087-88 13-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352504.

The barbed-wire entanglement has been completely removed.

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

A possible barbed-wire entanglement of Second World War date is visible as a single linear structure on aerial photographs of 1941, at Exmouth. The entanglement extends perpendicular from the shoreline off Exmouth sea wall, adjacent to Gertrude Terrace (SX995806) and is visible to a length of approximately 50m. The barbed-wire entanglement was part of a number of anti-invasion obstacles which were put into place along the shoreline of Exmouth during the early stages of the war. Other obstacles associated with the barbed-wire entanglement within this area are likely to be present, although were not clearly visible on aerial photographs viewed as part of this survey. The barbed-wire entanglement has been completely removed on aerial photographs of 1946, although this is likely to have occurred much earlier when the threat of invasion had passed.

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
SDV352504	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1412. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/1412 RP 3087-88 13-APR-1946.
SDV352644	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1941. RAF/1416/S403H55. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR SX 9980/20 MSO 31241/PO-049 14-AUG-1941. [Mapped feature: #65262 ]

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)

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