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Monument details

Summary

Freshly constructed banking is visible flanking either side of a stream immediately north of the River Stour on early 1940s aerial photographs [1]. They appear to be associated with use of the stream as a stop line during WWII. The banks appear to have been levelled after the war and are not visible on recent aerial photographs of the area. This is part of a longer stop line system running between Cliffs End & Minster.

Monument Types

• STOP LINE (Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Full description

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Freshly constructed banking is visible flanking either side of a stream immediately north of the River Stour on early 1940s RAF vertical aerial photographs [1]. These appear to be derived from fortification of the stream associated with its use as a stop line during WWII. The banks appear to have been levelled after the war and are not visible on recent aerial photographs of the area [2]. There do not appear to have been any other elements to the stop line in this area. These features are a segment of a stop line running between Cliffs End & Minster, further parts of it are recorded to the east as MWX43387.

A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [3].

<2> Google Earth, viewed on 02/06/2010 (Graphic material). SWX15704.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.

<3> 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South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document).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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