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HER Number:MDV55703
Name:Military Camp, west of Crapstone

Summary

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

Location

Grid Reference:SX 493 675
Map Sheet:SX46NE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishBuckland Monachorum
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishBUCKLAND MONACHORUM

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX46NE/557/2

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 hedgelines at intersection of several fields recorded on raf 1946-7 ap coverage. Single hut and water tank recorded on 1954 os map. Same hut also recorded on current dcc computerised mapbase (dob worksheet).


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV279182.

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.

A possible structure is depicted here on the 2016 Ordnance Survey MasterMap. Only part of the photo reference is given in the transcription attributes, so the date of the photographs is not known.


Ordnance Survey, 2016, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359352.

A possible structure is depicted here.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV119124Migrated Record:
SDV279182Migrated Record:
SDV346287Interpretation: Cornwall Archaeological Unit. 2001-2002. Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records. National Mapping Programme. Map (Digital). RAF CPE/1890/F20/2348-9. [Mapped feature: #95329 ]
SDV359352Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2016. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital.
SDV359374Personal Comment: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2016. Backlog Recording of the Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Survey. Not Applicable.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV6911 - Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme

Date Last Edited:Feb 17 2016 2:07PM