Tank Training Circuit C, Bossington Hill, Holnicote Estate

Record ID:  115538 / MNA167653
Record type:  Monument
Protected Status: None Recorded
NT Property:  Holnicote Estate; South West
Civil Parish:  Selworthy; West Somerset; Somerset
Grid Reference:  SS 9101 4775
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Summary

A tank training circuit on Bossington Hill at the end of Hill Road, the triangular construction is visible as a grass track.

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Monument Types

  • FIRING RANGE (Mid 20th C - 1940 AD to 1945 AD)

Description

A tank training circuit on Bossington Hill at the end of Hill Road, the triangular construction is visible as a grass track. It is 130m east-west and 120m north-south, the target railway used by the tanks was on Bossington Hill (115523). Condition: good. [1]

The tank training circuit (C) was visible on aerial photographs and mapped as part of the Severn Estuary RCZAS mapping project. Further information, sources and photograph references are available in the Exmoor National Park HER record MSO8108. [2]

References

  • SNA69539 - Collection: Exmoor National Park Authority. Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record (HER). MSO8108.

  • SZN48220 - Unpublished document: Isabel Richardson. 2001. Holnicote Estate Archaeological Survey, Somerset.

Designations

None Recorded

Other Statuses and References

  • HER/SMR Reference (External): MSO8108 Exmoor National Park HER

Associated Events

  • ENA3149 - Field Survey, Archaeological Survey of the Holnicote Estate 2001
  • ENA10529 - Heritage Assessment, Severn Estuary Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: National Mapping Programme

Associated Finds

None Recorded

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