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HER Number:MDV55695
Name:Barracks at Stokehill Wood, Buckland Monachorum

Summary

Dispersed accommodation site for RAF Harrowbeer. Visible as a complex of structures along hedgebanks and the borders of Stokehill Wood, on aerial photographs taken between 1946 and 1951. Removed by 1964.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 502 674
Map Sheet:SX56NW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishBuckland Monachorum
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishBUCKLAND MONACHORUM

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NW/112/4

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV119124.

A number of military huts are recorded on raf ap coverage around stokehill wood. Some hutting also marked on os 1954 map. Dispersed accommodation site for raf harrowbeer. Probable guard hut beside road. No buildings recorded here on current dcc computerised mapbase (dob worksheet).


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV220268.

Des=dob worksheet (horner, w. )/ (1996)/ in smr.


Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1190, RAF/106G/UK/1190 RP 3200-3201 27-FEB-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363067.

A complex of rectilinear pitched and flat roofed structures is visible.


Royal Air Force, 1951, RAF/540/483, RAF/540/483 RP 3290 24-APR-1951 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352103.

The structures are still visible.


Royal Air Force, 1964, RAF/58/6399, RAF/58/6399 F61 0053-0054 02-JUL-1964 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363068.

The structures are no longer visible.


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.

The barracks are visible as a complex of rectilinear pitched-roofed structures along hedgebanks and the borders of Stokehill Wood, on aerial photographs taken between 1946 and 1951. A few smaller and probably flat-roofed structures are interspersed amongst the larger buildings. They are not visible on aerial photographs taken from 1964 onwards.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV119124Migrated Record:
SDV220268Migrated Record:
SDV352103Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1951. RAF/540/483. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/540/483 RP 3290 24-APR-1951.
SDV362982Interpretation: 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.
SDV363067Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1190. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/1190 RP 3200-3201 27-FEB-1946. [Mapped feature: #117522 ]
SDV363068Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1964. RAF/58/6399. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/58/6399 F61 0053-0054 02-JUL-1964.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • 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:Jul 5 2019 12:39PM

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