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| HER Number: | MDV48732 |
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| Name: | Artillery store at Fort Bovisand, Wembury |
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Summary
A possible artillery store or fitter's workshop is depicted on late-19th century mapping within Fort Bovisand. It remains visible as an extant structure on aerial photographs taken from the 1940s onwards.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 487 506 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX45SE |
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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 | PLYMSTOCK |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX45SE/18/2
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- AMMUNITION STORE (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2105, RAF/CPE/UK/2105 RP 3138-3139 28-MAY-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351151.
A rectangular structure is visible.
Pye, A., 1992, Plymouth Fortress Survey (Report - non-specific). SDV167755.
Artillery store/fitter's shop. Present by 1896. Single storey building of monumental masonry with dressed limestone quoins to the windows and doors.
Pye, A. + Woodward, F., 1996, The Historic Defences of Plymouth, Fig. 107; Fig. 108 (Monograph). SDV167752.
The structure is interreted as a possible artillery store, and is depicted on a map of 1896.
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 rectangular structure, approximately 19 by 7.5 metres in plan, is visible on aerial photographs taken from the 1940s onwards. It corresponds to a structure depicted on a map dating to 1896 and is interpreted as a possible artillery store by Pye and Woodward (1996). It has been transcribed as part of this survey to provide context, despite being depicted on the modern mapping.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV167752 | Monograph: Pye, A. + Woodward, F.. 1996. The Historic Defences of Plymouth. The Historic Defences of Plymouth. A4 Paperback. Fig. 107; Fig. 108. |
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| SDV167755 | Report - non-specific: Pye, A.. 1992. Plymouth Fortress Survey. A4 Unbound. |
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| SDV351151 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2105. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/2105 RP 3138-3139 28-MAY-1947. [Mapped feature: #122379 Previously recorded as a point at SX48745069., ] |
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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
- EDV4534 - Survey of Fort Bovisand
- 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: | Oct 21 2019 12:47PM |
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