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| HER Number: | MDV118743 |
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| Name: | Wireless Station at Bolt Head |
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Summary
Site of the first Post Office ship-to-shore wireless radio coast station.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 724 361 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX73NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Malborough |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MALBOROUGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- RADIO STATION (World War I - 1914 AD to 1918 AD)
Full description
Thackray, C., 1990, Archaeological Survey of the Salcombe Estuary: West (Bolt Head to Bolt Tail and Snapes Point) Devon (Report - Survey). SDV345519.
Newman , P., 2014, An Archaeological Assessment of Bolt Tail, Bolberry Down and East Soar, South Hams (Report - Survey). SDV357202.
Ordnance Survey, 2014, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV355681.
Phimester, J., 2015, First World War Wireless Stations in England, 12-13, 62 (Monograph). SDV360115.
OA No. 5. Coastal W/T and Intercept Site. Bolt Head. GPO type.
The Post Office opened its first ship-to-shore wireless radio coast station at Bolt head. No evidence visible. This is a remote undeveloped coastal site where evidence such as concrete foundations for masts have greater potential to survive. There is also potential for below ground archaeology.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV345519 | Report - Survey: Thackray, C.. 1990. Archaeological Survey of the Salcombe Estuary: West (Bolt Head to Bolt Tail and Snapes Point) Devon. National Trust Archaeological Survey Report. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. |
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| SDV355681 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2014. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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| SDV357202 | Report - Survey: Newman , P.. 2014. An Archaeological Assessment of Bolt Tail, Bolberry Down and East Soar, South Hams. SW Landscape Investigations. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. |
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| SDV360115 | Monograph: Phimester, J.. 2015. First World War Wireless Stations in England. First World War Wireless Stations in England. Digital. 12-13, 62. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4935 - Archaeological Survey from Bolt Head to Bolt Tail and Snapes Point
- EDV6587 - Archaeological Assessment of Land between Bolt Heat and Bolt Tail
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 6 2017 1:13PM |
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