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| HER Number: | MDV79574 |
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| Name: | Fomer Military Building, Alphington Allotments |
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Summary
Store hut, original purpose unknown, one of several structures associated with the anti-aircraft battery at Alphington allotments. Visible as a structure on aerial photographs taken from 1945 onwards.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 920 900 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX99SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Exeter |
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| District | Exeter |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ALPHINGTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- MILITARY BUILDING (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1945, RAF/106G/UK/780, RAF/106G/UK/780 RVp2 6111-6112 09-SEP-1945 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354839.
A Nissen-type structure is visible.
Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.
Ordnance Survey, 2011, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV346129.
Map object previously based on this Source.
Passmore, M., 2011, Second World War Anti-Aircraft Site, Alphington, Exeter, 1 (Report - non-specific). SDV346828.
Store hut, original purpose unknown. Evidence on one wall indicates that the structure originally had a curved roof. One of several structures associated with the anti-aircraft battery at Alphington allotments, identified from a Royal Air Force aerial photograph. Other details: Photographs.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.
A rectangular structure with a curved roof is visible on aerial photographs taken from 1945 onwards. It is located next to a hedgebank and track that lead to the anti-aircraft battery MDV79572 and is very likely to be associated with it.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV342938 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946 - 1949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital). |
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| SDV346129 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2011. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV346828 | Report - non-specific: Passmore, M.. 2011. Second World War Anti-Aircraft Site, Alphington, Exeter. A4 Single Sheet + Digital. 1. |
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| SDV354839 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1945. RAF/106G/UK/780. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/780 RVp2 6111-6112 09-SEP-1945. [Mapped feature: #106376 ] |
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| SDV356883 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV79572 | Related to: Anti Aircraft Battery, Alphington Allotments (Monument) |
| MDV79573 | Related to: Handcraft Hut, Alphington Allotments (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 17 2015 5:09PM |
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