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Summary

A Second World War military camp is visible as a number of structures and earthworks on aerial photographs taken from 1946 onwards. The camp possibly forms part of Bedpark Plantation Transit Camp recorded to the south. It has been almost entirely dismantled by 1955.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MILITARY CAMP (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 4109-4110 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

A number of structures and earthworks of a curvilinear enclosure are visible.

Royal Air Force, 1955, RAF/540/1625, RAF/540/1625 F21 84-85 24-MAY-1955 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351141.

The structures have been almost completely cleared, although numerous hut bases are visible.

Royal Air Force, 1962, RAF/58/5095, RAF/58/5095 F21 96-97 01-MAY-1962 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351597.

Hut bases and vegetation marks of former structures are visible.

Ordnance Survey, 1987, OS/87110, OS/87110 V 55-56 16-AUG-1987 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363042.

The camp has been completely cleared.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5753 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

Earthworks of a curvilinear ditch and bank enclosure are 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.

Structures and earthworks of a Second World War camp likely associated with, or forming part of, Bedpark Plantation Transit Camp (MDV55126) to the south are visible on aerial photographs taken from 1946 onwards. The camp occupies an area of circa 3.70 hectares, within grounds associated with Lyneham House. It comprises a number of Nissen hut type structures positioned alongside a field boundary which defines the northern extent of the camp and a row of huts alongside an access track which leads to Lyneham House. A cluster of structures, including a large pitched-roof structure, is also visible at SX57765317 which are set on a possible sub-oval earthwork platform defined by a bank and outer ditch. The camp has been almost completely cleared of structures by 1955, although hut bases of these former structures, as well as additional hut bases not visible in 1946, are visible. Hut bases and vegetation marks of former structures are visible in 1962, although all such traces of these are no longer visible by 1987. Earthworks associated with the sub-oval ditch and bank enclosure remain visible on visualisations derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

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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