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Monument Number 1493171
Hob Uid: 1493171
Location : North Somerset Locking
Grid Ref : ST3528959896
Summary : A Second World War slit trench, air raid shelter or gun emplacement is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1942 as an earthwork, though it has subsequently been levelled on aerial photographs taken in 1960. The slit trench is subrectuagular in shape, with no visible spoil heaps and is likely to be unfinished.
More information : A Second World War slit trench, air raid shelter or gun emplacement is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1942 as an earthwork, though it has subsequently been levelled on aerial photographs taken in 1960. The site is centred on ST 3528 5989 and measures 4 metres north-south and 4 metres east-west. The slit trench is subrectuagular in shape, with no visible spoil heaps and is likely to be unfinished (1-3).

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Source details : NMR RAF FNO/37 5038-5039 11-JUL-1942
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : NMR RAF/3G/TUD/UK/21 5142-5143 13-JAN-1946
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : NMR RAF/58/3905 0227-0228 02-NOV-1960
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Monument Period Name : Second World War
Display Date : Second World War
Monument End Date : 1945
Monument Start Date : 1939
Monument Type : Slit Trench, Air Raid Shelter, Gun Emplacement
Evidence : Earthwork, Levelled Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 35 NE 120
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Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2006-02-01
End Date : 2009-05-01

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 1493171