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Summary

A hulk of modern date is visible as a wrecked structure on aerial photographs of 1941 onwards and on digital images derived from aerial photographs taken in 2002, along the western bank of the Exe Estuary.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HULK (XX to World War II - 1930 AD to 1941 AD (Between))

Full description

Aerofilms, 1930, Aerofilms LTD Oblique Aerial Photography 60713, AFL 60713 EPW033425 01-JUL-1930 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354848.

The vessel is not visible.

Royal Air Force, 1941, RAF/GHQ/122, RAF/GHQ/122 V 04-05 18-MAY-1941 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352707.

The vessel is visible as a recently abandoned, but largely complete structure.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1823, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4011-12 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354994.

The vessel is visible as a partly wrecked structure.

Next Perspectives, 2002, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SX9687 24-SEP-2002 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351206.

The former vessel remains partly visible as a wrecked structure, although is largely covered with marshland vegetation.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.

A hulk of modern date is visible as a wrecked structure on aerial photographs of 1941 onwards and on digital images derived from aerial photographs taken in 2002, along the western bank of the Exe Estuary. The hulk is east to west aligned, measures approximately 22m in length by 5m in width and is first visible as a structure on aerial photographs of 1941, having been abandoned sometime after 1930. The hulk remains partly visible as a wrecked structure, although largely covered with marshland vegetation, on digital images derived from aerial photographs taken in 2002.

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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SDV351206	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2002. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SX9687 24-SEP-2002.
SDV352707	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1941. RAF/GHQ/122. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/GHQ/122 V 04-05 18-MAY-1941.
SDV354848	Aerial Photograph: Aerofilms. 1930. Aerofilms LTD Oblique Aerial Photography 60713. NMR Aerial Photograph. Digital. AFL 60713 EPW033425 01-JUL-1930.
SDV354994	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1823. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4011-12 04-NOV-1946. [Mapped feature: #65038 ]

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)

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