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| HER Number: | MDV127297 |
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| Name: | Bomb craters on Hollacombe Hill, Wembury |
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Summary
A group of Second World War bomb craters are visible as earthwork pits on aerial photographs taken from 1947. Some of these and additional craters are visible on visualisations of lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 527 506 |
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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 | WEMBURY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BOMB CRATER (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2105, RAF/CPE/UK/2105 RP 3133-3134 28-MAY-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351151.
Three circular earthwork pits are visible.
Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5250 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.
Five circular earthwork pits 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.
Three earthwork pits, circa 8 to 10 metres in diameter, are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1947 in the woodland on Hollacombe Hill. They are very clearly defined and appear as bare earth, and are interpreted as Second World War bomb craters. Two of these, and three additional pits, are visible as slight earthworks on visualisations of lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017. The additional ones may have dated to earlier in the war, and had become vegetated by 1947.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV351151 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2105. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/2105 RP 3133-3134 28-MAY-1947. |
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| SDV361470 | Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2017. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SX5250 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017. [Mapped feature: #123763 Also from SDV351151, ] |
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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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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: | Jan 20 2020 3:38PM |
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