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| HER Number: | MDV13883 |
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| Name: | Football pitch adjacent to Down Thomas battery, Wembury |
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Summary
A dark rectilinear cropmark or possibly a slight earthwork ditch, visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946, appears to be a superficial feature, perhaps a 20th century football pitch.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 510 492 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX54NW |
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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
- National Monuments Record: 438363
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX54NW/12
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FOOTBALL PITCH? (XX - 1901 AD to 2000 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV167714.
Aph=raf/cpe/uk/1890 3107 10/12/1946 (county hall 57/104).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV167715.
Osa=sx54nw/12.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Untitled Source (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV24.
A retilinear cropmark of trapezoidal shape is visible on raf 1946 ap. Measurements very approximately 100m ne/sw and 40m (north) to 50m (south) nw/se. The mark is in the immediate vicinity of several military sites of wwii, but does not closely resemble any of them (fmg) football pitch? not quite regular enough. Vis=30/7/1986 (os). The cropmark-siting falls in a flat, regularly cultivated, arable field. There are no traceable features on the ground and its origin and purpose are unclear (os).
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 RP 3107-3108 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.
A rectilinear dark cropmark or slight earthwork ditch 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 dark rectilinear cropmark, or possibly a slight earthwork ditch, is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946. It is not visible on other available aerial imagery. Various interpretations have been considered. It appears to be a superficial feature, perhaps created by a roller, and for this reason it has not been transcribed. There is some indication of greater activity in the middle of the short ends, where the dark marks are wider, and although of irregular shape it may have been a 20th century football pitch. However this is by no means certain.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV167714 | Aerial Photograph: |
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| SDV167715 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV169268 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 RP 3107-3108 10-DEC-1946. [Mapped feature: #122754 Previously recorded as a point at SX 5102 4920, ] |
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| SDV24 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. OSA. Card Index. |
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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: | Nov 11 2019 1:45PM |
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