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HER Number: | MDV111618 |
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Name: | World War II Tank Inpsection Pit, Stover Park, Teigngrace |
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Summary
World War II Tank Inpsection Pit, Stover Park, Teigngrace
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 841 742 |
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Map Sheet: | SX87SW |
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Admin Area | Devon |
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Civil Parish | Teigngrace |
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District | Teignbridge |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | TEIGNGRACE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- MOTOR TRANSPORT PARK (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Harris, R., 12/04/2015, World War II Tank Inspection Pit and an American Base, Stover (Correspondence). SDV358103.
A tank inspection pit hidden in the woods where various equipment such as tanks were also stored is still visible.
The area was part of an American camp leased to the Americans by the Ayliffe family and was covered in Nissen Huts at the end of the war. Today the concrete roads left by the Americans are only a few inches below the soil and their presence is most noticeable in dry summers. When the field is left for hay the grass growth in the concreted areas is noticeably poor.
Dimensions: Concrete Surround: 24ft x 9ft Inspection Pit: 18ft x 2ft 6ins.
Normally this feature is covered in leaves and not visible from the nearby Templer Way footpath.
Other evidence of the American's visit was discovered some years after the war ended when it was decided to fell some of the timber in the woods. When it was sent to the sawmills the wood was found to be full of nails which damaged the saws! The explanation was that the American troops had hammered nails into the trees when erecting camouflage nets and washing lines. Consequently a load of felled timber was left in the woods and piles of it still remain now decaying on the woodland floor.
Ordnance Survey, 2015, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV357601.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV357601 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2015. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #71049 ] |
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SDV358103 | Correspondence: Harris, R.. 12/04/2015. World War II Tank Inspection Pit and an American Base, Stover. Addition of HER record. Digital. |
Associated Monuments
MDV111667 | Related to: Second World War American Army Camp, Stover Farm, Teigngrace (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Jun 16 2020 1:34PM |
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