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MONUMENT NO. 917515

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World War II weapons pit, Roos. Plotted from aerial photographs, but now totally destroyed.

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(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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(1) General reference

Roger Thomas/13-APR-1992/FSG,RCHME:Holderness Survey

(1a) Aerial photograph

Library No. 6756 Sortie 613E/BR174 F14-F15

(2) Externally held archive reference

Gazetteer Reference Ro56, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment

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