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Monument Number 929183
Hob Uid: 929183
Location : East Riding of Yorkshire Easington
Grid Ref : TA4208014560
Summary : World War II minefield, Easington. Plotted from aerial photographs, but now totally destroyed.
More information : (TA 4208 1456) Minefield, Easington. This minefield was situated just to the south of the Kilnsea anti-aircraft battery. It consisted of a barbed wire enclosure which contained a number of mines, probably in an intermediate spaced pattern. The site was plotted form aerial photographs by the Fortress Studies Group. The FSG also visited the site during the Holderness Survey in 1992, they found the site to be totally destroyed. (1-1a) The monument is also visible as upstanding structures and earthworks on air photographs examined as part of the Rapid Coastal Assessment Survey of the Yorkshire and Humber Estuary. (2) World War 2 minefield just to the south of the Kilnsea AA battery. It consisted of a barbed wire enclosure which contained a number of mines, probably in an intermediate spaced pattern. (3)

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Source details : Roger Thomas/13-APR-1992/FSG,RCHME:Holderness Survey
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Source details : Aerial Photograph: Sortie 58/782 20-SEPT-1950 frames 5174-5175
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : RAF 58/1004 43 03-FEB-1953
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : Gazetteer Reference EA235, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Second World War
Display Date : World War II
Monument End Date : 1945
Monument Start Date : 1939
Monument Type : Minefield, Barbed Wire Obstruction
Evidence : Destroyed Monument, Structure

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Humberside)
External Cross Reference Number : MHU19055
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TA 41 SW 25
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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 929183