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| HER Number: | MDV106603 |
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| Name: | Possible Military Enclosure South of Dowland |
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Summary
A possible Second World War barbed wire enclosure is visible as an indistinct dark curvilinear mark on aerial photographs taken in 1940. However it may simply be a twentieth century fence around disused quarries.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 288 898 |
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| Map Sheet: | SY28NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Axmouth |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | AXMOUTH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- MILITARY SITE (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1942, RAF/HLA/521, RAF/HLA/521 83-84 04-MAY-1942 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356302.
A dark curvilinear feature is visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.
A possible Second World War military site is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1942 on the cliffs south of Dowland. An indistinct dark curvilinear mark is visible and encompasses a disused chalk pit but bisects the earthworks of another pit immediately to the west. A military use associated with coastal defence is suggested by the morphology of the linear mark, which resembles that made by a barbed wire enclosure, the date of the photograph and by the proximity of two other possible military sites (MDV106569 and MDV106570). However it is possible that a temporary fence was erected around the quarries and it has no military significance, and the feature has not been transcribed.
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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| SDV356302 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1942. RAF/HLA/521. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/HLA/521 83-84 04-MAY-1942. |
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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: | Mar 28 2014 5:09PM |
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