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Summary

A short row of anti-tank obstacles is visible as stuctures on aerial photographs taken from 1947 to 1948. Part of the Taunton Stop Line constructed in 1940. The two nearest the house are recorded as surviving in 1996 but the others had presumably been removed soon after the Second World War ended.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1417429
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY29NE/272/1

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ANTI TANK BLOCK (Constructed, World War II - 1940 AD to 1940 AD)

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 1424-1425 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

A row of small pale structures is visible.

Royal Air Force, 1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431, 3199 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356746.

Further short row of anti-tank obstacles visible on aerial photograph at circa SY29449868.

Royal Air Force, 1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RP 3198-3199 22-JAN-1948 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359315.

A row of small pale structures is visible.

Newbery, J. D., 1996, Anti-Tank Obstacles, Stoney Bridges House (Worksheet). SDV356782.

Remaining two stone blocks of a line of them which previously carried into river. See photograph 1 of 2, shows line of blocks which went beyond modern flood defence wall and round in midground, into river Axe beyond. Photo 2 of 2, shows opposite view. Presumably these two remaining blocks were too close to house to demolish postwar with dynamite as the others had been.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.

A row of nine small structures, circa 1 by 1.5 metres, is visible on aerial photographs taken in the late 1940s. They are co-located with a record of an anti-tank obstacle that forms part of the Second World War Taunton Stop Line established in 1940-1941.
The 1948 RAF prints held by Historic England have been recorded here as an additional source because there is a possibility that the prints may have been processed differently to those held by Devon County Council. This would potentially result in images on which archaeological features show slightly differently.
Two of the structures are recorded as surviving in 1996, but others appear to have been removed soon after the war.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 1424-1425 11-APR-1947.
SDV356746	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 3199.
SDV356782	Worksheet: Newbery, J. D.. 1996. Anti-Tank Obstacles, Stoney Bridges House. Defence of Britain Project. Worksheet + Digital.
SDV359315	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RP 3198-3199 22-JAN-1948. [Mapped feature: #93119 ]
SDV359463	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2016-2018. The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. Historic England Research Report. Digital.
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Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7508 - The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Ref: ACD1228)

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