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Monument Number 917478
Hob Uid: 917478
Location : East Riding of Yorkshire Roos
Grid Ref : TA3073032580
Summary : World War II minefield, Roos. Plotted from aerial photographs, but now totally destroyed.
More information : (TA 3073 3258) Minefield. This trapezium shaped minefield which was situated to the north of Tunstall was enclosed by barbed wire. The mines were laid in a open spaced pattern. The site was plotted from aerial photographs dated 1941 by the Fortress Studies Group. The FSG also visited the site in 1992 during the Holderness Survey, they found the site to be totally destroyed. (1-1a) The monument is also visible as structures and earthworks on air photographs examined as part of the Rapid Coastal Assessment Survey of the Yorkshire and Humber Estuary. Due to coastal erosion part of the monument no longer survives in situ. (1a) World War 2 trapezium shaped minefield to the north of Tunstall, enclosed by barbed wire. The mines were laid in an open pattern. 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 F13-F14
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : Gazetteer Reference RO38, 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 : Minefield, Barbed Wire Obstruction
Evidence : Destroyed Monument, Earthwork, Structure

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Humberside)
External Cross Reference Number : MHU19086
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TA 33 SW 30
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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 917478