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Monument Number 917515

Hob Uid: 917515
Location :
East Riding of Yorkshire
Roos
Grid Ref : TA3141231795
Summary : World War II weapons pit, Roos. Plotted from aerial photographs, but now totally destroyed.
More information : (TA 3142 3180) Weapons pit.
This circular weapons pit was situated to the east of Tunstall Hall.
The pit was a circular earthwork feature with a sandbagged lining.
This site was plotted from aerial photographs dated 1941 by the
Fortress Studies Group, the FSG also visited the site during
the Holderness Survey in 1992, but found it to be totally destroyed.
(1-1a)

The monument is also visible as an earthwork 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. (1a)

World War 2 circular weapons pit to the east of Tunstall Hall. The pit was a circular earthwork feature with a sandbagged lining. Destroyed by 1992. (2)

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Source Number : 1
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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 : Library No. 6756 Sortie 613E/BR174 F14-F15
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : Gazetteer Reference Ro56, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Second World War
Display Date : Constructed by 1941
Monument End Date : 1941
Monument Start Date : 1939
Monument Type : Weapons Pit
Evidence : Destroyed Monument, Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TA 33 SW 32
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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