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| HER Number: | MDV106752 |
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| Name: | Air Raid Shelter, Land north of Field View, Rear of 46-52 High Street |
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Summary
Remnants of an air raid shelter recorded during an archaeological trench evaluation. The shelter structures had probably been removed and buried by 1947.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 164 006 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST10SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Honiton |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | HONITON |
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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))
Full description
Pears, B. + Rainbird, P, 12/2013, Land North of Field View, Rear of 46-52 High Street, Honiton (Report - Evaluation). SDV356163.
Evaluation undertaken in advance of residential development. Two boundary ditches and a pit, all of probable post-medieval date were uncovered. Also remnants of a demolished WWII air raid shelter.
The form and character of the remains suggests that it was the remnants of World War II domestic air raid shelter of Anderson Type. These were a standard design 1.4 metres wide, 2 metres long and 1.8 metres tall, constructed with a corrugated steel shell and part buried and than covered with earth. This example may have been deliberatly demolished and buried.
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 F20 3443-4 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.
The air raid structure was not identifiable.
Ordnance Survey, 2014, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV355681.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.
No evidence of the Anderson Shelter could be identified on aerial photographs of 1947. This might support the interpretation that surface shelter structures had been removed and the substructure buried rapidly after the threat of air raid had passed.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV355681 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2014. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #66273 ] |
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| SDV356127 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 F20 3443-4 11-APR-1947. |
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| SDV356163 | Report - Evaluation: Pears, B. + Rainbird, P. 12/2013. Land North of Field View, Rear of 46-52 High Street, Honiton. AC Archaeology Report. ACD809/2/0. Digital + A4. |
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| SDV359463 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2016-2018. The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. Historic England Research Report. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV105924 | Related to: Archaeological Features, Land North of Field View, Rear of 46-52 High Street, Honiton (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6393 - Trench Evaluation, Land North of Field View, Rear of 46-52 High Street, Honiton (Ref: ACD809/2/0)
- EDV7508 - The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Ref: ACD1228)
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 20 2018 12:48PM |
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