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Monument Number 915817
Hob Uid: 915817
Location : East Riding of Yorkshire Hornsea
Grid Ref : TA2117047180
Summary : World War II anti-tank cubes on beach, Hornsea seen on 1945 air photograph. No trace by 1992.
More information : TA 2115 4723/2117 4718. Anti-tank cubes. This single row of 13 reinforced concrete anti-tank cubes was positioned along the bottom of the cliff edge. They were intended to channel ememy forces into heavily defended areas of the coast. The site was plotted from aerial photographs by the Fortress Studies Group, but when it was visited in 1992 by the FSG during the Holderness Survey they found that the site was completely destroyed. (1-1a) The monument is also visible as upstanding structures on air photographs examined as part of the Rapid Coastal Assessment Survey of the Yorkshire and Humber Estuary. Due to coastal erosion the monument no longer survives in situ. (2) Single row of 13 reinforced concrete anti-tank cubes positioned along the bottom of the cliff edge. They were intended to channel enemy forces into heavily defended areas of the coast. Destroyed by 1992. (3)

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Source details : Roger Thomas/13-APR-1992/FSG,RCHME:Holderness Survey
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Source Number : 1a
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Source details : Aerial Photograph: 4025-4026 Sortie 106G/LA216
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : RAF 106G/LA/212 3293 13-Apr-1945
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : Gazetteer Reference HO112, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Second World War
Display Date : Second World War
Monument End Date : 1945
Monument Start Date : 1939
Monument Type : Tank Trap
Evidence : Documentary Evidence, Structure

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Humberside)
External Cross Reference Number : MHU18947
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TA 24 NW 50
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : THEMATIC SURVEY
Start Date : 1992-04-09
End Date : 1992-04-13

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2006-05-12
End Date : 2007-05-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 915817