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Summary

Short row of concrete anti-tank obstacles visible as small structures on aerial photographs taken in the late 1940s on the south bank of river Axe below Town Weir. Part of the Second World War Taunton Stop Line constructed in 1940. None survived in this location in 1996.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1417424
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY29NE/272/2

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 four small structures is visible. Map object based on this source.

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

Short row of concrete anti-tank obstacles visible on south bank of river Axe below town weir.

Royal Air Force, 1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RP 3199-3200 22-JAN-1948 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359315.

A row of four small structures is visible. Map object based on this source.

Newbery, J. D., 1996, Anti-Tank Obstacles on Riverbank (Worksheet). SDV356781.

Anti-tank obstacle on riverbank of river Axe, upstream (north ) of Stoney Bridges, Castle Hill, Axminster. No signs of remains. Presumed destroyed by river erosion as a lot occurs on this strech of the river Axe.

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

OS/76052 V 053 08-MAY-1976
A row of four 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.
None of the structures were recorded as surviving in 1996, when they were interpreted as having been destroyed by river erosion.

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.
SDV356781	Worksheet: Newbery, J. D.. 1996. Anti-Tank Obstacles on Riverbank. 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 3199-3200 22-JAN-1948.
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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