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| HER Number: | MDV56693 |
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| Name: | Decoy shelter on Roborough Down |
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Summary
Control bunker/shelter for Roborough Down bombing decoy, visible as an earthwork embanked feature on aerial photographs taken in 1946.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 509 648 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Buckland Monachorum |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BUCKLAND MONACHORUM |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthwork and structural remains of the World War II RAF Harrowbeer airfield, as well as medieval fields and farms, industrial tin working, sections of the Devonport and Plymouth Leats, and part of the Plymouth and Dartmoor Tramway on Roborough Down
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SW/338/2
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- DECOY SITE SHELTER (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1190, RAF/106G/UK/1190 RP 3178-3179 27-FEB-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363067.
A rectangular earthwork mound is visible.
Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.
Area of the bunker / shelter visible on the aerial photographs.
Crawshaw, A., 1996, WWII Bombing decoys (Un-published). SDV145387.
Control bunker/shelter for Roborough Down bombing decoy recorded on original plans.
Hayes, M., 2014, RAF Harrowbeer Yelverton (Website). SDV356736.
The decoy site was operated from a shelter in a “safe” position on the edge of the site by a crew of two. The shelter housed an electrical generator for the lights and a switch room with a telephone link to the parent site. The shelter may have been underground or earth covered for camouflage.
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 decoy shelter is visible as a rectangular embanked feature, circa 17m long by 10m wide, on aerial photographs taken in 1946. The earthworks are not clearly visible after this date, suggesting that they have been largely or completely levelled. Structures and earthworks of this shelter may still, however, survive.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV145387 | Un-published: Crawshaw, A.. 1996. WWII Bombing decoys. |
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| SDV342938 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946 - 1949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital). |
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| SDV356736 | Website: Hayes, M.. 2014. RAF Harrowbeer Yelverton. http://www.rafharrowbeer.co.uk/. Website. |
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| SDV362982 | Interpretation: 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. |
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| SDV363067 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1190. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/1190 RP 3178-3179 27-FEB-1946. [Mapped feature: #123502 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV58008 | Part of: Roborough Down decoy airfield |
| MDV56691 | Related to: VHF Transmitting Site, Roborough Down (Monument) |
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: | Sep 8 2020 11:02AM |
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