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HER Number: | MDV127110 |
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Name: | Military trenches south of Jennyscombe Wood, Wembury |
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Summary
Second World War military trenches are visible as crenelate-shaped earthwork ditches on aerial photographs taken in the 1940s.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 502 514 |
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Map Sheet: | SX55SW |
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Admin Area | Devon |
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Civil Parish | Wembury |
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District | South Hams |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | PLYMSTOCK |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SLIT TRENCH (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1286, RAF/106G/UK/1286 RV 6124-6125 25-MAR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363269.
Earthwork trenches 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.
An earthwork trench, circa 1 metre in dimeter and crenelate in plan, is visible on the northern side of a field boundary on aerial photographs taken in 1946. It is interpreted as a Second World War slit trench, perhaps associated with the large complex to the north at Hooe Hill. The earthworks cannot be distinguished on any other available imagery and may have been levelled.
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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SDV363269 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1286. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/1286 RV 6124-6125 25-MAR-1946. [Mapped feature: #123452 ] |
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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)
Date Last Edited: | Oct 6 2020 2:45PM |
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