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| HER Number: | MDV113779 |
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| Name: | Wind Pump on Stoke Hill |
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Summary
A mast or tower visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s towards the south-eastern edge of the summit of Stoke Hill might have been constructed as a structure of Second World War date and military function. Alternatively it might simply be a wind pump of mid-20th century date.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 936 952 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX99NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Exeter |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | HEAVITREE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- WIND PUMP (World War I to XXI - 1914 AD to 2010 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1273, RAF/106G/UK/1273 V 5061-5062 23-MAR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV358976.
A short mast or tower was visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.
A mast or tower was visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s set within a small rectangular enclosure towards the south-eastern edge of the summit of Stoke Hill. The structure is not depicted on the Ordnance Survey Second Edition 25inch map of 1913-14 and is therefore later in date. It might have been constructed as a structure of Second World War date and military function but to judge by the shadow cast, it is significantly shorter in height than the masts recorded circa 170 metres to the north-east. An alternative interpretation as a wind pump of mid-20th century date, as suggested by the Ordnance Survey Mastermap, is more probable, although the precise function of the pump is unknown.
Ordnance Survey, 2015, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV357601.
The mast or tower might be the same as a wind pump depicted on the Mastermap base layer.
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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| SDV357601 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2015. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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| SDV358976 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1273. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/1273 V 5061-5062 23-MAR-1946. [Mapped feature: #73128 ] |
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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: | Nov 20 2015 3:54PM |
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