MDE20743 - World War Two platform or enclosure on Brendon Common (Monument)
Summary
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Type and Period (2)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
SS 7647 4519. A doubtful circular banked enclosure was noticed on aerial photographs. [1-3] "A doubtful circular banked enclosure" [3] is recorded at SS 7648 4520. In the vicinity of the National Grid Reference cited are a number of small mounds and other surface disturbance associated with World War Two military activity (see MSO7776). An irregular, poorly defined platform 4 metres in diameter lies at SS 7647 4523. It is clipped by a track on its western side and is almost certainly associated with World War Two activity in the area. It is possibly the feature recorded by McDonnell. [4] This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [5]
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SMO4068 Aerial photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. RAF/CPE/UK/1980.4073 (April 1947).
- <2> SMO4068 Aerial photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. MAM/13/054 (May 1977).
- <3>XY SEM7406 Unpublished document: McDonnell, R.. 1980. Gazetteer of Sites in the Exmoor National Park Identified through Aerial Photography. SS7645D. [Mapped feature: #46909 SS7645D]
- <4> SMO7329 Unpublished document: Wilson-North, R.. Various. Field Investigators Comments. RCHME Field Investigation, 25 November 1993.
- <5> SEM7987 Digital archive: Historic England. Various. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) entry. 1002153, Extant 6 December 2021.
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Other Statuses/References
- Devon SMR Monument ID: 18094
- Devon SMR: SS74NE/539
- Exmoor National Park HER Number (now deleted): MDE11949
- Local List Status (Unassessed)
- National Monuments Record reference: SS 74 NE47
- NRHE HOB UID (Pastscape): 1002153
Location
Grid reference | Centred SS 7647 4520 (34m by 38m) |
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Map sheet | SS74NE |
Civil Parish | BRENDON, NORTH DEVON, DEVON |
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Related Events/Activities (1)
Record last edited
Dec 6 2021 10:06PM
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