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| HER Number: | MDV48676 |
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| Name: | Anti-tank ditch near Broome Cottage, Hawkchurch |
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Summary
Site of an anti-tank ditch cutting off a loop in the river Axe to the north of Broome Cottage. The ditch is clearly visible on a 1947 RAF aerial photo. Part of the Wadbrook defence area on the Second World War Taunton Stop Line constructed in 1940.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 323 022 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST30SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Hawkchurch |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | HAWKCHURCH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: ST30SW/128
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ANTI TANK DITCH (ARTIFICIAL) (Constructed, World War II - 1940 AD to 1940 AD)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.
Ditch clearly visible.
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974/4323 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363110.
Stretch of anti-tank ditch cutting off a loop in the River Axe, visible on 1947 RAF aerial photo. Runs broadly north-south, ST32400227 - ST32340213, the northern end being in Thorncombe parish, Dorset.
Dangerfield, M. E. + Dangerfield, J., 1997, Anti Tank Ditch near Broom Cottages (Worksheet). SDV357570.
Anti-Tank ditch clearly visible on 1947 aerial photograph. Nothing visible now.
Foot, W., 2005, Defence Areas. A National Study of Second World War Anti-Invasion Landscapes in England, DA04-Wadbrook-S0001316 (Report - Survey). SDV360266.
Wadbrook defence area. Site of anti-tank dich across the base of a loop in the river. The ditch is clearly visible on a 1947 aerial photo but nothing shows today, the ditch having been infilled.
GetMapping, 2010, GetMapping 2010 aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV351585.
Nothing visible. Infilled.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV342938 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946 - 1949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #93274 ] |
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| SDV351585 | Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 2010. GetMapping 2010 aerial photographs. Getmapping. Photograph (Digital). |
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| SDV357570 | Worksheet: Dangerfield, M. E. + Dangerfield, J.. 1997. Anti Tank Ditch near Broom Cottages. Defence of Britain Project. Worksheet + Digital. |
| SDV360266 | Report - Survey: Foot, W.. 2005. Defence Areas. A National Study of Second World War Anti-Invasion Landscapes in England. Council for British Archaeology/English Heritage. Digital. DA04-Wadbrook-S0001316. |
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| SDV363110 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974/4323. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV119535 | Part of: The Taunton Stop Line (Monument) |
| MDV119869 | Part of: Wadbrook Defence Area on the Taunton Stop Line (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 12 2019 1:15PM |
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