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| HER Number: | MDV52063 |
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| Name: | Pillbox, Exeter Airfield Outer Defences |
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Summary
Vis=24/6/1994 (horner) overgrown pillbox in hedge. For airfield defence. Faces east. Iron shuttering still in place in south facing rifle loop (horner).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 009 932 |
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| Map Sheet: | SY09SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Clyst Honiton |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CLYST HONITON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SY09SW/80
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- PILLBOX (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD)
Full description
Horner, B., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV1669.
Recorded on dcc computerised map base and on 1947 ap (horner).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV2244.
Vis=24/6/1994 (horner) overgrown pillbox in hedge. For airfield defence. Faces east. Iron shuttering still in place in south facing rifle loop (horner).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV98764.
Des=slide/(15/7/1994)/in smr.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV98765.
Des=horner, w. /(24/6/1997)/as above/note in pf.
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV98766.
Aph=raf/cpe/uk/1974/2461/(11/4/1947)/smr 37/50.
Francis, P., 1999, Exeter Airport. Historic Airport Survey for Devon County Council & East Devon District Council, 74 (Report - non-specific). SDV323390.
Brick and concrete pillbox facing east for outer defence. Associated with a concrete roadblock. The pillbox is heavily covered with vegetation and is almost completely hidden within the hedgerow. Thought to be a thin-walled FW3/24.
In fair condition.
Ordnance Survey, 2010, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV344030.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV1669 | Migrated Record: Horner, B.. |
| SDV2244 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV323390 | Report - non-specific: Francis, P.. 1999. Exeter Airport. Historic Airport Survey for Devon County Council & East Devon District Council. Airfield Research Publishing Report. Digital + A4. 74. |
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| SDV344030 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2010. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #94188 ] |
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| SDV98764 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV98765 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV98766 | Aerial Photograph: |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV48842 | Related to: Exeter Airfield (Military) (Monument) |
| MDV78183 | Related to: Roadblock, Exeter Airfield Outer Defences (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4774 - Historic Airport Survey, Exeter Airport
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 10 2022 9:33AM |
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