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Summary

A probable barbed wire obstruction, visible as a double linear feature on aerial photographs taken in the 1940s, is interpreted as the remains of a Second World War barbed wire entanglement that was removed soon after the war ended.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BARBED WIRE OBSTRUCTION (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1945, RAF/106G/UK/878, RAF/106G/UK/878 RV 6069-6070 02-OCT-1945 (Aerial Photograph). SDV350931.

A double curvilinear earthwork bank is visible.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2105, RAF/CPE/UK/2105 RP 3138-3139 28-MAY-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351151.

A double curvilinear 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 double curvilinear earthwork bank, each bank approximately 1 metre wide and together up to 9 metres across, is visible on aerial photographs taken between 1945 and 1947 running roughly east to west south-west of Staddon Fort. At its western end where it terminates at the coastal edge it may have three parts. These are interpreted as the remains of a Second World War obstruction, probably associated with a similar feature to the east (MDV126516), from which the barbed wire had been removed by 1945.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

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)

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