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Monument details

Summary

Second World War slit trench and associated bank located to the south of Dumpton Bay, mapped from military aerial photographs.

Monument Types

• BANK (EARTHWORK) (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
• SLIT TRENCH (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Full description

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Second World War slit trench and associated bank located on the coast to the south of Dumpton Bay, mapped from military aerial photographs. The feature is visible in the earliest photographs available taken in January 1941 [1], and is still apparent in May 1942 [2] and April 1946 [3]. A slight depression is still visible in June 1979 [4].

A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [5].

<5> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.

<5> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.

<5> Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE25954.

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