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Summary

A Second World War pillbox is visible as a small structure on aerial photographs between 1945 and 1983 and on a site visit in 1994. Structural remains are likely to survive.

Location

Protected Status

• Protected Wreck 1000071: ERME ESTUARY
• Protected Wreck 1000071: ERME ESTUARY

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX64NW/130

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV166120.

Des=horner, b.(16/12/1992)/as above.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV166121.

Wills, h. / pillboxes/ (1985) 74.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV166122.

Des=horner, b. / (22/04/1994)/ as above.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV166123.

Des=slide/ (22/04/1994)/ in smr.

Horner, B., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV1669.

There is a small concrete pill box on a rock ledge above the bathing pool (sx64nw/132). Approx ngr given above (horner).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV2244.

Vis=11/12/1992 (horner).

Royal Air Force, 1945, RAF/106G/UK/967, RAF/106G/UK/967 RS 3151-3152 01-NOV-1945 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351060.

A small structure is visible.

Royal Air Force, 1951, RAF/540/497, NMR RAF/540/497 4071-4072 12-MAY-1951 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351212.

A smalll square structure is clearly visible.

Ordnance Survey, 1983, OS/83124, NMR OS/83124 V 376-377 04-JUL-1983 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351063.

A square structure is indistinctly visible.

Oldham, N., 2006, The British Sub Aqua Jubilee Trust Report on the Erme Estuary Protected Wreck Sites 2005/2006 (Report - non-specific). SDV351245.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.

A small structure, approximately 4 metres square, is visible on aerial photographs between 1945 and 1983 circa 15 metres from the bathing pool. It is likely to be the same structure as the Second World War pillbox recorded in 1994. On later available aerial photographs the area is in shadow but the pillbox was extant when visited in 1994 and structural remains are likely to survive.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV166120	Migrated Record:
SDV166121	Migrated Record:
SDV166122	Migrated Record:
SDV166123	Migrated Record:
SDV1669	Migrated Record: Horner, B..
SDV2244	Migrated Record:
SDV351060	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1945. RAF/106G/UK/967. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/967 RS 3151-3152 01-NOV-1945. [Mapped feature: #92616 ]
SDV351063	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1983. OS/83124. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). NMR OS/83124 V 376-377 04-JUL-1983.
SDV351146	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
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SDV351212	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1951. RAF/540/497. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/540/497 4071-4072 12-MAY-1951.
SDV351245	Report - non-specific: Oldham, N.. 2006. The British Sub Aqua Jubilee Trust Report on the Erme Estuary Protected Wreck Sites 2005/2006. South West Maritime Archaeological Group Report. Digital.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6127 - Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme (NMP) for South-West England - South Coast Devon (Ref: ACD618)
• EDV6146 - Survey Work at Erme Estuary Designated Wreck Sites, 1991 to 2006

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