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Summary

A military camp of Second World War date providing dispersed accommodation for RAF Harrowbeer is visible on aerial photographs, to the northwest of Venton Farm. The site was recorded as part of the Tamar Valley NMP project.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX46NE/557/1

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MILITARY CAMP (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 aligned along hedgeline recorded on raf 1946-7 ap coverage. Hutting also recorded on 1954 os map. Not recorded on current dcc computerised mapbase (dob worksheet).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV279169.

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

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2001-2002, Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records, RAF CPE/1890/F20/2348-9 (Interpretation). SDV346287.

Military structures of modern date are visible on aerial photographs.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2016, Backlog Recording of the Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Survey (Personal Comment). SDV359374.

Only part of the photo reference is given in the transcription attributes, so the date of the photographs is not known.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6911 - Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme

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