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Summary

Dispersed accommodation site of RAF Harrowbeer. Visible as a complex of structures and trackways on aerial photographs taken between 1942 and 1951. From 1949 they appear to have been in domestic use. Removed by 1964.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NW/112/9

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV119124.

Dispersed accommodation site of raf harrowbeer. Group of military huts recorded on raf 1946-7 ap coverage. Also recorded on os 6" (1954) map, by which time the huts appear to have been converted into civilian housing units (dob worksheet).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV220245.

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

Royal Air Force, 1942, RAF/NLA/31, RAF/NLA/31 V 5011-5012 26-MAR-1942 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363064.

Rectilinear structures are visible along the hedgebanks.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1190, RAF/106G/UK/1190 RP 3201-3202 27-FEB-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363067.

Rectilinear structures are clearly visible.

Royal Air Force, 1949, RAF/540/226, RAF/540/226 V 5275-5276 23-JUN-1949 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363097.

The structures are visible with small plots around them, and may be in domestic use.

Royal Air Force, 1951, RAF/540/483, RAF/540/483 RS 4248-4249 24-APR-1951 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352103.

The structures are visible with small plots around them, and may be in domestic use.

Royal Air Force, 1964, RAF/58/6399, RAF/58/6399 F62 0376-0377 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.

Rectilinear structures are visible along the hedgebanks on two sides of a field on aerial photographs taken in 1942. A trackway linking the southernmost structures is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946 and the structures can be seen as longer pitched roof buildings, and smaller ones with flat roofs including one square structure near the entrance in the south-west corner which may be a guardhouse. Between 1949 and 1951 the structures seem to have small plots around them, and may be in domestic use. The structures are not visible on aerial photographs taken in 1964 and have presumably been removed by this time.

Sources / Further Reading

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)

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