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| HER Number: | MDV74005 |
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| Name: | Track Markers, Braunton Burrows |
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Summary
Scaffold pole stumps, the remains of track markers, at the World War II US Assault Training Centre on Braunton Burrows
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 447 347 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS43SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Braunton |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BRAUNTON |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthworks and structural remains of World War II military training features for D-Day Landings on Braunton Burrows
Other References/Statuses
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- MARKER POST (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Unknown, 1944, Roads and Training Aids: U.S. Assault Training Center (Un-published). SDV339604.
Feature located on the track running northeast to southwest on the US army plan
Nature Conservancy Council, 1989, Braunton Burrows Habitat Map (Cartographic). SDV339613.
Bass, R. T., 2005, Spirits of the Sand: Field Edition, 52-66 (Monograph). SDV325697.
Site of two scaffold pole stumps of track markers identified during fieldwork in 2005 at the World War II US Assault Training Centre on Braunton Burrows.
Miller, D., 2006, World War Two Features Annotated onto Braunton Burrows Habitat Map (Cartographic). SDV339606.
'Poles' are annotated onto the Braunton Burrows Habitat Map on Ravens Slack.
Passmore, A. + Knight, S., 2009, Farm Environment Plan (FEP), Updated Spreadsheet of Archaeological Sites (Un-published). SDV344664.
Visited 2009. Site not located. NGR places posts to east of modern track that is assumed to be on line of old track.
R. Bass also provided information on scaffold poles used as road edge markers at SS4479034762 and SS4479434764. Possibly the same site. Other details: + Sites 79, 81.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV325697 | Monograph: Bass, R. T.. 2005. Spirits of the Sand: Field Edition. Spirits of the Sand. A5 Paperback. 52-66. |
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| SDV339604 | Un-published: Unknown. 1944. Roads and Training Aids: U.S. Assault Training Center. U.S. Plans from R.T.Bass. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. |
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| SDV339606 | Cartographic: Miller, D.. 2006. World War Two Features Annotated onto Braunton Burrows Habitat Map. Nature Conservancy Council. Photocopy. |
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| SDV339613 | Cartographic: Nature Conservancy Council. 1989. Braunton Burrows Habitat Map. Photocopy + Digital. |
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| SDV344664 | Un-published: Passmore, A. + Knight, S.. 2009. Farm Environment Plan (FEP), Updated Spreadsheet of Archaeological Sites. Exeter Archaeology Report. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV57283 | Part of: Braunton Areas A, B, C and D of US Assault Training Centre (Monument) |
| MDV74006 | Related to: American Road, Braunton Burrows (Monument) |
| MDV74014 | Related to: Training Aid 50, Braunton Burrows (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4737 - Stewardship Scheme Archaeological Survey, Braunton Burrows
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 7 2017 12:35PM |
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