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Monument Number 929283
Hob Uid: 929283
Location : East Riding of Yorkshire Easington
Grid Ref : TA4040811260
Summary : Observation Post built during World War One. Plotted from aerial photographs, but now no trace remains.
More information : (TA 4041 1126) Observation Post, Easington This World War I structure was a single storey building with a basement below, it had doorways in the south wall and a large window facing seaward (east). The building was constructed from rusticated concrete blocks. The building was plotted from aerial photographs by the Fortress Studies Group, but when the site was visited by the FSG in 1992 during the Holderness Survey they found the site to be totally destroyed.(1-1a) The monument is also visible as an upstanding structure on air photographs examined as part of the Rapid Coastal Assessment Survey of the Yorkshire and Humber Estuary. (2) This World War 1 structure was a single storey building with a basement below; it had doorways in the south wall and a large window facing seaward. The building was constructed from rusticated concrete blocks. Destroyed by 1992. (3)

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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 : Aerial Photograph: 540/650 04-JAN-1952 Frames 5091-5092
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : RAF 540/650 5090 04-JAN-1952
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : Gazetteer Reference EA265, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : First World War
Display Date : World War I
Monument End Date : 1918
Monument Start Date : 1914
Monument Type : Observation Post
Evidence : Destroyed Monument, Structure

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Humberside)
External Cross Reference Number : 18996
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TA 41 SW 31
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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 929283