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Summary

Site of a Second World War pillbox which was demolished in the 1970s. Only the access walkway remains.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 765490
• Tide Project: 16/07/2020

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• PILLBOX (Constructed, World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))

Full description

National Monument Record, 765490 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV358293.

World War II pillbox, on the north side of Dartmouth Castle.

Hellis, J., 1990, List of Defensive Sites (Un-published). SDV99101.

Pillbox of local design which was also used as an outpost.

Batty, M., 2003, South Devon Coast Path Project: a study of the archaeology along the coast path in the South Hams from Staddon Heights to Sharkham Point, 83 (Un-published). SDV336214.

Pillbox not seen.

Pink, F., 2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Desk-Based Assessment (Interpretation). SDV357736.

Ordnance Survey, 2015, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV357601.

Sharpe, A., 2016, Dartmouth Castle, Devon. Conservation Management Plan 2016, Gazetteer Nos. 11, 20 (Report - Assessment). SDV361934.

A photo of 1947 shows a pillbox sited on the rocks externally to the northern gun platform. It may have housed a searchlight or heavy machine gun to protect the Second World War boom. The pillbox was unfortuntely demolished in the 1970s leaving only the access walkway.
A second pillbox recorded on the HER on the rocky foreshore at the eastern end of the castle is suggested to also represent the above pillbox and to have been mis-located. [NB this monument record has now been deleted and the details transferred]
See gazetteer for full details.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336214	Un-published: Batty, M.. 2003. South Devon Coast Path Project: a study of the archaeology along the coast path in the South Hams from Staddon Heights to Sharkham Point. Mixed Archive Material. 83.
SDV357601	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2015. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #71621 ]
SDV357736	Interpretation: Pink, F.. 2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Desk-Based Assessment. AC Archaeology Report. ACD618/4/3. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV358293	National Monuments Record Database: National Monument Record. 765490.
SDV361934	Report - Assessment: Sharpe, A.. 2016. Dartmouth Castle, Devon. Conservation Management Plan 2016. Cornwall Archaeological Unit. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. Gazetteer Nos. 11, 20.
SDV99101	Un-published: Hellis, J.. 1990. List of Defensive Sites. Manuscript.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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