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Monument details

Summary

Second World War structure and gun emplacement, south of Dumpton Bay, mapped from military aerial photographs.

Monument Types

• MACHINE GUN POST (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
• MILITARY BUILDING (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Full description

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Second World War structure and gun emplacement located on the coast south of Dumpton Bay, and has been mapped from military aerial photographs.

The gun emplacement has an internal diameter of 2.5m and appears to have been constructed using sandbags. The adjacent structure, located 5m to the SE measures 5.2m by 4m.

Both features are first visible on aerial photographs taken in January 1941 [1] and were mapped using a series from May 1942 [2]. The military features are still visible in April 1946 [3] and have been removed by August 1947 [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2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document).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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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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