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| HER Number: | MDV126103 |
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| Name: | Light anti-aircraft battery south-east of Axtown, Buckland Monachorum |
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Summary
The remains of a possible Second World War light anti-aircraft battery is visible as a rectilinear earthwork bank on aerial photographs taken in 1946, and may be associated with Harrowbeer airfield. It appears to have been levelled soon after the war ended.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 510 670 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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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
- LIGHT ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.
No features are depicted in this location.
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1190, RAF/106G/UK/1190 RP 3200-3201 27-FEB-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363067.
A rectilinear earthwork bank is 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 rectilinear earthwork bank, circa 18 metres by 19 metres, is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946, approximately 200 metres to the south-west of Harrowbeer airfield (MDV55691). Three sides are visible, with the east side possibly formed by an extant field boundary. The north, west and east sides are approximately 5.5 metres wide, with an irregular interior edge that could indicate internal recesses. Its size and form suggest that it could have been the embankment around a light anti-aircraft battery associated with the Second World War airfield, with access perhaps at the junction with the field boundary and ammunition lockers indicated by the recesses. The earthworks are not visible on later available imagery and appear to have been levelled soon after the war ended.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV325644 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| 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 3200-3201 27-FEB-1946. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV55691 | Related to: Harrowbeer Airfield, Buckland Monachorum (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 29 2019 5:32PM |
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