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Monument Number 915728
Hob Uid: 915728
Location : East Riding of Yorkshire Hornsea
Grid Ref : TA2137946377
Summary : World War II pillbox, Hornsea seen on 1945 air photograph. Destroyed by 1992.
More information : TA 2138 4638. Square Pillbox (for a full description see TA 15 SE 45) This small square pillbox was situated to the south of Hornsea. It was a brick and concrete built structure, which was plotted by the Fortress Studies Group from aerial photographs dated 1945. The FSG also visited the site as part of the Holderness Survey in 1992, they found the site to have been 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. Due to coastal erosion the monument no longer survives in situ. (2) This small square brick and concrete pillbox was situated to the south of Hornsea. 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: 4023-4024 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 HO137, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Rapid Coastal Zone Assesment
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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 : Pillbox
Evidence : Documentary Evidence, Moved Building

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Humberside)
External Cross Reference Number : MHU18974
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TA 24 NW 29
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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 915728