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Summary

Military buildings associated with Area M of the World War II US Assault Training Centre at Morte Point

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS44SE/116

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MILITARY BUILDING (XX - 1901 AD to 2000 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1501 (Aerial Photograph). SDV337198.

Probable military buildings recorded on 1946 aerial photograph.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1501, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1501 3280-3281 13-MAY-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349927.

Several buildings are visible in a compound to the south of Moretehoe Station, one on the opposite site of the road, and a former military compound with hut bases is visible to the north.

Bass, R. T., 1996, Guide to the US Assault Training Centre North Devon, 47 (Un-published). SDV325695.

Military buildings associated with the World War II US Assault Training Centre in North Devon can still be seen near Mortehoe Station.

Bass, R. T., 2005, Spirits of the Sand: Field Edition, 105 (Monograph). SDV325697.

Morthoe Station still exists with some wartime storage buildings nearby to the east of Area 'M' of the World War II US Assault Training Centre at Morte Point.

Collings, A. G. + Manning, P. T. + Valentin, J., 2007, The North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Phase 1. Archaeological Survey. Summary Report, No. 906 (Report - Assessment). SDV339712.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.

It is not clear from the available aerial photographs which buildings Richard Bass refers to as of military origin. A rectangular building opposite Mortehoe Station is visible on the 1946 aerial photographs with a curved adjacent trackway, similar to those in the probable military compound to the north (MDV103365). It is marked on modern Mastermap as a garage, but its character and origin is not known.

Ordnance Survey, 2012, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV348725.

A building opposite Mortehoe Station is marked as a garage and could be an adapted Second World War building. Other buildings visible on th 1946 aerial photograph have been removed or redeveloped.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV325695	Un-published: Bass, R. T.. 1996. Guide to the US Assault Training Centre North Devon. Manuscript. 47.
SDV325697	Monograph: Bass, R. T.. 2005. Spirits of the Sand: Field Edition. Spirits of the Sand. A5 Paperback. 105.
SDV337198	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1501. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper).
SDV339712	Report - Assessment: Collings, A. G. + Manning, P. T. + Valentin, J.. 2007. The North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Phase 1. Archaeological Survey. Summary Report. Exeter Archaeology Report. 06.22 (rev.1). A4 Stapled + Digital. No. 906.
SDV348725	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2012. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #95791 ]
SDV349018	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S.. 2011 - 2012. North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. ACD383/2/1. Digital.
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SDV349927	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1501. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/106G/UK/1501 3280-3281 13-MAY-1946.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project

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