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Monument Number 930187

Hob Uid: 930187
Location :
East Riding of Yorkshire
Easington
Grid Ref : TA4146816201
Summary : World War II Infantry trench, Easington. Plotted from aerial photographs,but now totally destroyed.
More information : (TA 4147 1621) Infantry trench, Easington

This 100m long trench has five traverses leading to a strongpoint
which forms part of the defences of Godwin Battery. The site is a
simple earthwork construction which was plotted from aerial
photographs dated 1940 by the Fortress Studies Group. The FSG also surveyed the site during the Holderness Survey in 1992, they found the site 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. (2)

World War 2 100 metre long trench with 5 traverses leading to a strongpoint which forms part of the defences of Godwin Battery. The site is a simple earthwork construction. (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: Sortie 613A/UK/563 Frames B10-B11
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : RAF CPE/UK/1748 5003 21-SEP-1946
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : Gazetteer Reference EA174, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Second World War
Display Date : Constructed by 1940
Monument End Date : 1940
Monument Start Date : 1939
Monument Type : Trench
Evidence : Destroyed Monument, Earthwork
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Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Humberside)
External Cross Reference Number : 19264
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TA 41 NW 54
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Relationship type : General association
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Relationship type : General association
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Relationship type : General association
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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