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| HER Number: | MDV55674 |
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| Name: | Defence Post 10, Exeter Airfield Outer Defences |
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Summary
Vis=13/06/1996 (horner) brick pillbox visible from airfield runway. Set into hedgeline. Possibly facing se. Recorded on dcc computerised map base (horner).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 007 935 |
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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
- SHINE: Military structures; earthworks and archaeological remains of World War II, RAF Exeter and post medieval catchmeadows and orchard banks on footprint of modern Exeter Airport and to the east
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SY09SW/84
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- PILLBOX (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
APH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV101732.
Also recorded on 1947 ap (aph).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV101733.
Des=horner, w. /(24/06/1997)/ as above/ note in pf.
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV101734.
Aph=raf/cpe/uk/1974/2460/(11/4/1947)/smr 37/49.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV2244.
Vis=13/06/1996 (horner) brick pillbox visible from airfield runway. Set into hedgeline. Possibly facing se. Recorded on dcc computerised map base (horner).
Francis, P., 1999, Exeter Airport. Historic Airport Survey for Devon County Council & East Devon District Council, 74 (Report - non-specific). SDV323390.
Pillbox viewed at a distance. Almost totally concealed within a hedgeroy, and covered with ivy. Thought to be a thin-walled brick and concrete FW3/24 pillbox, facing south-west for outer defence.
Condition unknown, but thought to be fair.
Ordnance Survey, 2010, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV344030.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV101732 | Migrated Record: APH. |
| SDV101733 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV101734 | Aerial Photograph: |
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| 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: #95316 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV48842 | Part of: Exeter Airfield (Military) (Monument) |
| MDV48842 | Related to: Exeter Airfield (Military) (Monument) |
| MDV48842 | Part of: Exeter Airfield (Military) (Monument) |
| MDV48842 | Related to: Exeter Airfield (Military) (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4774 - Historic Airport Survey, Exeter Airport
| Date Last Edited: | May 16 2022 9:05AM |
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