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Summary

A circular pit recorded from aerial photographs to the east of Westbridge Cottages was probably a bomb crater of Second World War date.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BOMB CRATER (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))

Full description

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2001-2002, Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records (Interpretation). SDV346287.

Recorded from aerial photographs a circular earthwork pit circa 9 metres, located circa 60 metres to the east of Westbridge Cottages, corresponds to a database record of a bomb crater, presumably of Second World War date.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2016, Backlog Recording of the Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Survey (Personal Comment). SDV359374.

The aerial photograph or photographs from which the possible bomb crater was transcribed is not recorded in the Tamar Valley NMP transcription attribute data.
The location of the parchmarks has been developed for housing in the south-west expansion of Tavistock.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6911 - Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme

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