Sections of freshly constructed banking are visible flanking the northern side of a field drain on early 1940s RAF vertical aerial photographs [1]. These appear to be defensive structures designed to impede landing of enemy aircraft or progress of enemy troops. They are known as “enhanced drainage” and were created by digging out existing field drains. A section of slit trench, c.30m long, is also visible constructed between one of the easternmost banks and the field drain, and may represent a covered firing position [1].

They appear to have been levelled after the war and are not visible on recent aerial photographs of the area [2].

A transcription of the features recorded from aerial photography exists within a GIS layer held by this HER [3].

<2> Next Perspectives consortium via English Heritage, 2003, 2007, Next Perspective PGA georeferenced aerial photograph data, Tile ref: PGA_TR3358_2003-08-14.jpg (Graphic material). SWX15711.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2009-10, South-East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - Aerial Photographic Transcriptions (Digital archive). SWX15705.

<3> Wessex Archaeology, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey - (SE RCZAS) Phase 1: National Mapping Programme Report (Unpublished document). SKE25955.

<3> Cornwall Council Historic Environment Projects and Gloucestershire County Council, 2011, South East Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Components 1&2: Results of NMP Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE25954.