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| HER Number: | MDV125937 |
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| Name: | Direction Finding tower and rest hut, Harrowbeer airfield, Buckland Monachorum |
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Summary
A dispersed part of the Second World War airfield at Harrowbeer, recorded as a VHF DF homing site on Air Ministry plans from 1944. Visible as a small circular structure in a rectilinear enclosure with associated trackway, earthwork ditch and external rectilinear structure on aerial photographs taken in 1946. Removed by 1964.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 508 650 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Buckland Monachorum |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BUCKLAND MONACHORUM |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- RADAR STATION (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Air Ministry, 1944, Harrowbeer Record Site Plan; Site No. 1 [Airfield Site] (Plan - measured). SDV363129.
Marked as VHF DF Homing site. Components listed as DF Tower and rest hut & battery charging room.
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1190, RAF/106G/UK/1190 RP 3179-3180 27-FEB-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363067.
A small circular structure is visible in a rectilinear enclosure, linked to a rectilinear structure by a ditch and trackway.
Royal Air Force, 1964, RAF/58/6399, RAF/58/6399 F62 0376-0377 02-JUL-1964 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363068.
The structures are no longer visible.
Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.
A circular structure, circa 5 metres in diameter and within a rectilinear banked or fenced enclosure is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946. An associated trackway and a narrow earthwork ditch appear to link it to an external rectilinear structure. It is marked on a Second World War Air Ministry plan as a VHF DF homing site (a direction finding station to assist lost aircraft in planning their position) consisting of a tower with rest hut and battery charging room. The complex is not visible on aerial photographs taken from 1964 onwards and it seems unlikely that any remains survive.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV362982 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2019-2020. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP). Historic England Research Report. Digital. |
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| SDV363067 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1190. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/1190 RP 3179-3180 27-FEB-1946. [Mapped feature: #118406 ] |
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| SDV363068 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1964. RAF/58/6399. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/58/6399 F62 0376-0377 02-JUL-1964. |
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| SDV363129 | Plan - measured: Air Ministry. 1944. Harrowbeer Record Site Plan; Site No. 1 [Airfield Site]. 1:2500. Photocopy. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV58008 | Part of: Roborough Down decoy airfield (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 23 2019 11:46AM |
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