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| HER Number: | MDV113047 |
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| Name: | Possible Gun Emplacement North-West of Blackheath Farm |
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Summary
A ring-shaped probable earthwork bank, visible on a single run of aerial photographs taken in 1946, resembles a Second World War gun emplacement. However no earlier aerial photographs were available, and the feature was not visible on later photographs, so interpretation is extremely cautious.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 947 856 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX98NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Powderham |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | POWDERHAM |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- LIGHT ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY? (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1412, RAF/106G/UK/1412 RS 4114-4115 13-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352504.
A curvilinear or ring-shaped possible earthwork bank is visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.
A ring-shaped feature, probably an earthwork bank, is visible on a single run of aerial photographs taken in 1946. It is circa 2 metres wide and 14 metres in maximum diameter, but the north and south sides are not easily distinguished. In form this resembles a Second World War gun emplacement and one is recorded between Blackheath and Crablake Farms (MDV58400). However no earlier aerial photographs were available, and the feature was not visible on later photographs, so it is difficult to interpret with any certainty.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV352504 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1412. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/1412 RS 4114-4115 13-APR-1946. [Mapped feature: #72389 ] |
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| SDV356883 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV58400 | Related to: GUN EMPLACEMENT in the Parish of Powderham (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 15 2016 4:23PM |
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