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Summary

A small, flat-roofed, roughly rectangular structure is visible on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards. It resembles a Second World War pillbox in shape and form, but it could be an agricultural building.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Possible Second World War Pillbox, part of the Taunton Stopline, about 218 metres west of Pinneywood

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• PILLBOX? (World War II - 1940 AD to 1940 AD)

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

No structure is depicted in this location.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 3422-3423 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

A rectangular, flat-roofed structure is visible.

Foot, W., 2005, Defence Areas. A National Study of Second World War Anti-Invasion Landscapes in England (Report - Survey). SDV360266.

Structure not recorded.

Next Perspectives, 2010, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST3100 23-MAY-2010 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359317.

A rectangular structure is visible.

Next Perspectives, 2014, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST3100 13-JUN-2014 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359309.

A structure is visible, partly obscured by trees.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.

A roughly rectangular flat-roofed structure, circa 4.5 by 6 metres in plan, is visible on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards. It is not depicted on 19th century mapping, and its size, form, location near the Taunton Stop Line and the date of the photographs on which it is first visible suggests that it could be a Second World War pillbox. However it could be a 20th century agricultural building.

Ordnance Survey, 2017, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359962.

A rectangular structure is depicted.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 3422-3423 11-APR-1947.
SDV359309	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2014. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Aerial Photography for Great Britain Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST3100 13-JUN-2014.
SDV359317	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2010. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Aerial Photography for Great Britain Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST3100 23-MAY-2010. [Mapped feature: #79029 ]
SDV359463	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2016-2018. The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. Historic England Research Report. Digital.
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SDV359962	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2017. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital.
SDV360266	Report - Survey: Foot, W.. 2005. Defence Areas. A National Study of Second World War Anti-Invasion Landscapes in England. Council for British Archaeology/English Heritage. Digital.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7508 - The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Ref: ACD1228)

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