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Summary

A zig-zag or crenelated pattern slit trench of Second World War date are visible on Salcombe Hill as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s. The trench has been infilled and levelled but sub surface remains are likely to survive.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY18NW/147

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

APH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV101243.

Length of zig-zag military trenching recorded on raf 1946 ap in field between soldiers hill and the observatory (aph).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV101244.

RAF/106G/UK/1412 3220 13-APR-1946; HER 38/93.

GetMapping, 1999 - 2000, Millennium Map 1999-2000 Getmapping (Aerial Photograph). SDV321648.

The location of the trench is clearly visible as a cropmark of a ditch.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, Site No. 1845 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.

Length of zigzag trenching recorded on 1946 Aerial Photograph in field between Soldiers Hill and the Observatory.
SMR.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

The location of the trench is visible as a faint cropmark of a ditch.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.

Zig-zag or crenelated pattern slit trenches of Second World War date are visible on Salcombe Hill as earthworks on aerial photographs of the 1940s. The trench is irregularly shaped but orientated generally west to east. In total it is circa 135 metres long. It was probably dug as part of military training exercises or possibly as a surface air raid shelter associated with the former military site 500 metres to the north-east. The trench has now been infilled and levelled but sub surface remains are likely to survive. This interpretation is supported by faint cropmarks visible on digital images derived from aerial photographs taken in 1999-2000 and 2010.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV101243	Migrated Record: APH.
SDV101244	Aerial Photograph:
SDV321648	Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 1999 - 2000. Millennium Map 1999-2000 Getmapping. Millennium Map. Photograph (Digital).
SDV346026	Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. [Mapped feature: #95745 ]
SDV351146	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV351568	Archive - Survey: Exeter Archaeology. 2003-2004. East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey. East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey. Digital + Mixed Archive Material. Site No. 1845.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6127 - Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme (NMP) for South-West England - South Coast Devon (Ref: ACD618)

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