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| HER Number: | MDV125958 |
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| Name: | Decoy anti-aircraft battery south-west of Chub Tor, Buckland Monachorum |
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Summary
Five rectilinear complexes of earthworks and structures arranged in a crescent are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946. They are interpreted as a decoy anti-aircraft battery associated with the Second World War Roborough Down bombing decoy.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 514 659 |
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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
- DECOY BATTERY (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1190, RAF/106G/UK/1190 RP 3180-3181 27-FEB-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363067.
Five rectilinear complexes of earthworks and structures are visible, arranged in a crescent.
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, DCC RAF/CPE/UK/1890 4341-4342 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351061.
Five roughly rectilinear patches of bare earth are visible.
Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.
Five roughly rectilinear patches of bare earth are visible.
Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, Features identified while working on SDCD2 AI&M project in adjacent area (Interpretation). SDV363072.
Five rectilinear complexes of earthworks and structures are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946. Each is 14 by 16 metres in plan, and they are arranged in a crescent shape. They resemble in plan the formation of a Second World War anti-aircraft battery with four gun emplacements and a central command post. However no nearby accommodation camp is visible, despite good visibility of a number of military camps further to the north-west on this sortie. It is perhaps more likely that this feature is a decoy anti-aircraft battery associated with Roborough Down bombing decoy (MDV58008). The area had been levelled by December of that same year, leaving five patches of bare earth. The feature is outside the survey area so has not been transcribed.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV342938 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946 - 1949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #118478 ] |
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| SDV351061 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DCC RAF/CPE/UK/1890 4341-4342 10-DEC-1946. |
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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 3180-3181 27-FEB-1946. |
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| SDV363072 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2019-2020. Features identified while working on SDCD2 AI&M project in adjacent area. AC Archaeology Report. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV58008 | Part of: Roborough Down decoy airfield |
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: | Aug 24 2020 4:56PM |
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