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Monument details

Summary

WWII coastal defence features including a slit trench and associated bank, a possible gun emplacement and a defensive bank feature, located in the King George VI Memorial Park, south of Dumpton Gap, and digitised 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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Series of WWII slit trenches and associated banks, mapped from military aerial photographs taken in 1941.

Two L-shaped slit trenches are visible surrounded by a bank, both of which are 11m wide, whereas the short length of trench to the south (measuring 5.6m long) does not have an accompanying bank. The three features are situated in a row within 105m of each other and are parallel to the coastline.

These military features are first visible in January 1941 [1] and have been mapped using photographs taken in May 1942 [2]. By April 1946 [3] the features have been backfilled.

A transcription of all features recorded from aerial photographs as part of the South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [4].

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.

<4> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.

<4> 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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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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