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HER Number:	MDV60533
Name:	World War II Debris at The Warren

Summary

Pit infilled with debris of World War II building, south of The Warren boundary wall.

Location

Grid Reference:	SX 712 368
Map Sheet:	SX73NW
Admin Area	Devon
Civil Parish	Malborough
District	South Hams
Ecclesiastical Parish	MALBOROUGH

Protected Status

Scheduled Monument 1020575: Medieval farmstead, boundary work and earthwork enclosures 350m south east of Middle Soar
SHINE: Earthworks, structures, cropmarks and artefact scatters of prehistoric field system, remains of prehistoric barrow, medieval farmsteads and rabbit warren, 18th-19th century watch towers and World War Two RAF Bolt Head Airfield, at East Soar, Malborough

Other References/Statuses

National Trust SMR: 100,549
Old DCC SMR Ref: SX73NW/156
SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

PIT (XX - 1901 AD to 2000 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV1142.

Vis=-/12/1983 (collings) reference to a building just s of the warren boundary wall containing wwii brickwork (worksheet).

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV164931.

Vis=29/1/1987 os) site visit to earthwork sx73nw/59 makes reference to an associated pit being 'infilled with wartime debris' (osa).

APH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV164933.

Raf 1946 ap may record some form of structure here (aph).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV164934.

Des=osa=sx73nw/29.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV164935.

Des=worksheet (collings, 1984)/(sx73nw/35/1).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV164936.

Aph=raf/cpe/uk/1890/2023/(10/12/1946)/smr 63/3.

Thackray, C., 1990, Archaeological Survey of the Salcombe Estuary: West (Bolt Head to Bolt Tail and Snapes Point) Devon, 22 (Report - Survey). SDV345519.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV1142	Migrated Record:
SDV164931	Report - Survey: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division.


SDV164933	Migrated Record: APH.
SDV164934	Migrated Record:
SDV164935	Migrated Record:
SDV164936	Aerial Photograph:


SDV345519	Report - Survey: Thackray, C.. 1990. Archaeological Survey of the Salcombe Estuary: West (Bolt Head to Bolt Tail and Snapes Point) Devon. National Trust Archaeological Survey Report. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. 22.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

EDV4935 - Archaeological Survey from Bolt Head to Bolt Tail and Snapes Point
EDV6587 - Archaeological Assessment of Land between Bolt Heat and Bolt Tail

Date Last Edited:	Jul 30 2020 10:55AM

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