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HER Number: | MDV110032 |
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Name: | Possible Emergency Water Supply Tank, Sampford Peverell |
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Summary
A circular upstanding structure is visible on aerial photographs of 1946, at Sampford Peverell. It is possibly a Second World War temporary water tank known as a EWS (Emergency Water Supply) reservoir.
Location
Grid Reference: | ST 033 145 |
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Map Sheet: | ST01SW |
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Admin Area | Devon |
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Civil Parish | Sampford Peverell |
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District | Mid Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | SAMPFORD PEVERELL |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- EMERGENCY WATER SUPPLY (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4328-29 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356902.
The possible water supply tank is visible.
Ordnance Survey, 1966, OS/66184 V, OS/66184 V 071-72 22-JUL-1966 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357044.
The tank has been removed.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.
A circular upstanding structure is visible on aerial photographs of 1946, to the northeast of Sampford Peverell. It is possibly a Second World War temporary water tank known as a EWS (Emergency Water Supply) reservoir. Emergency Water Supply reservoirs were normally constructed from 1941 to 1942 in areas where water supply was at risk of disruption due to air raids. At approximately 9.5m in diameter, it is closely comparable to most known Emergency Water Supply reservoirs, which elsewhere in the country appear to be between 10-12 metres in diameter. The location of a EWS in such a rural location, with little threat from enemy bombers, however, may cast some doubt on this interpretation, although equally it does not appear to be agricultural in origin. The circular structure has been completely removed on aerial photographs of 1966.
Sources / Further Reading
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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SDV356902 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4328-29 04-NOV-1946. [Mapped feature: #69483 ] |
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SDV357044 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1966. OS/66184 V. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/66184 V 071-72 22-JUL-1966. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)
Date Last Edited: | Feb 24 2015 11:35AM |
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