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| HER Number: | MDV119709 |
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| Name: | Possible pillbox west of Cornshay, Hawkchurch |
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Summary
A small, flat-roofed, roughly rectangular structure is visible on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards. It resembles a Second World War pillbox in shape and form, but it could be an agricultural building.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 326 009 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST30SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Hawkchurch |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | HAWKCHURCH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- PILLBOX? (Built, World War II - 1940 AD to 1940 AD)
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
No structure is depicted in this location.
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 3420-3421 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.
A rectangular, flat-roofed structure is visible.
Foot, W., 2005, Defence Areas. A National Study of Second World War Anti-Invasion Landscapes in England (Report - Survey). SDV360266.
Structure not recorded.
Next Perspectives, 2010, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST3200 23-MAY-2010 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359317.
A rectilinear structure is visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.
A roughly rectangular flat-roofed structure, circa 3 by 4 metres in plan, is visible on aerial photographs taken from 1947 onwards. It is not depicted on 19th century mapping, and its size, form, location near the Taunton Stop Line and the date of the photographs on which it is first visible suggests that it could be a Second World War pillbox. However it could be a 20th century agricultural building.
Ordnance Survey, 2017, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359962.
A rectangular structure is depicted.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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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 FP 3420-3421 11-APR-1947. |
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| SDV359317 | Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2010. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Aerial Photography for Great Britain Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST3200 23-MAY-2010. [Mapped feature: #78984 ] |
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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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| SDV359962 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2017. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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| SDV360266 | Report - Survey: Foot, W.. 2005. Defence Areas. A National Study of Second World War Anti-Invasion Landscapes in England. Council for British Archaeology/English Heritage. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV119535 | Part of: The Taunton Stop Line (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7508 - The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Ref: ACD1228)
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 2 2019 10:48AM |
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