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| HER Number: | MDV58085 |
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| Name: | Bigbury, Golf Course |
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Summary
Earthwork features of the golf course to the south of Bigbury are visible on aerial photographs from the 1940s onwards. A possible hut platform is also visible. The features appear to survive.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 667 451 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX64NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Bigbury |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BIGBURY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX64NE/194
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- GOLF COURSE (XX - 1901 AD to 2000 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1945, RAF/106G/UK/967, RAF/106G/UK/967 RS 3127-3128 01-NOV-1945 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351060.
Golf course earthworks and a rectangular platform are visible.
Royal Air Force, 1946, CPE/UK 1890, 1084 & 3022 (Aerial Photograph). SDV140289.
Aerial photographs record a swathe of earthwork features from south of Bigbury village almost to the Avon opposite Bantham. Other details: HER 61/8 & 61/29.
Ordnance Survey, 1954, SX64NE (Cartographic). SDV336868.
'Golf Course' recorded 1954 map.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.
The golf course earthworks visible on the 1940s aerial photographs include a possible hut base, 17 by 5 metres centred at SX6650344684. It has not been transcribed as it is depicted on modern mapping, but its dimensions are consistent with those of Nissen huts and it is possible that this was a pre-existing platform re-used for a military structure in the Second World War.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV140289 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. CPE/UK 1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 1084 & 3022. |
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| SDV336868 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1954. SX64NE. Ordnance Survey 6 inch map. Map (Paper). |
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| SDV351060 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1945. RAF/106G/UK/967. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/967 RS 3127-3128 01-NOV-1945. |
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| 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. |
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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)
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 26 2013 4:31PM |
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