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| HER Number: | MDV105270 |
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| Name: | Slit Trench at Langstone Cliff |
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Summary
A small slit trench of probable Second World War date is visible on aerial photographs of 1941 as an earthwork in the grounds of Langstone Cliff house, now the Langstone Cliff Hotel. The trench might have been used as a domestic air raid shelter. The earthwork cannot be seen on later aerial photographs.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 978 782 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX97NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Dawlish |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | KENTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- AIR RAID SHELTER? (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
- SLIT TRENCH? (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1941, RAF/S411, RAF/S411 V 2-3 17-AUG-1941 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352281.
A small trench is visible as an earthwork.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.
A small ‘u’ or ‘v’ shaped slit trench of is visible on aerial photographs of 1941 as an earthwork in the grounds of Langstone Cliff house, now the Langstone Cliff Hotel. The trench is approximately four metres long and one metre wide, and might have been used as a domestic air raid shelter during the Second World War. The earthwork cannot be seen on later aerial photographs and was probably filled and levelled by the end of the war.
Sources / Further Reading
| 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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| | Linked documents:1 |
| SDV352281 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1941. RAF/S411. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/S411 V 2-3 17-AUG-1941. |
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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: | Apr 22 2014 5:52PM |
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