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| HER Number: | MDV132351 |
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| Name: | Anti aircraft landing pole on south side of Ugborough Beacon, Ugborough |
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Summary
Upright wooden pole on the south side of Ugborough Beacon. Anti-landing pole to deter enemy aircraft or gliders landing in WWII
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 667 586 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX65NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Ugborough |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | UGBOROUGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ANTI LANDING OBSTACLE (Constructed, World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
Riley, H., 2021, Archaeological Survey: Ugborough Premier Archaeological Landscape, Harford and Ugborough, 19, 7.7.2 (Report - Survey). SDV364697.
A single wooden pole stands on the southern side of Eastern Beacon close to a prehistoric cairn and in an area of trial pits. This is the only remaining anti-landing pole on Ugborough moor and would have been part of a network of tall poles erected across the area during the Second World War to deter enemy aircraft or gliders from landing.
Riley, H., 2021, UG21 heritage asset database and gazetteer of sites, UG 21008 (Report - Survey). SDV364699.
Visited on 22nd January 2021, surveyed and photographed. Upright wooden pole on south side of Ugborough Beacon: anti-landing pole to deter enemy aircraft or gliders landing in WWII.
Sources / Further Reading
Associated Monuments
| MDV132364 | Related to: Cairn on south side of Eastern Beacon, Ugborough (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8770 - Archaeological Survey: Ugborough Premier Archaeological Lanscape, Harford and Ugborough
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 26 2022 9:52AM |
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