Scheduled MonumentsEnglandD-Day landing craft maintenance site on the River Dart immediately to the south of Lower Noss Point

D-Day landing craft maintenance site on the River Dart immediately to the south of Lower Noss Point

England
List entry 1021076
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1021076
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.07 hectares
Grid reference
SX 87974 52699
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

D-Day landing craft maintenance site on the River Dart immediately to the south of Lower Noss Point is a Second World War military installation dating to 1944. The site comprises the remains of facilities constructed to service and maintain amphibious landing craft in preparation for and during Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy. Located on the Devon coast, the River Dart provided a sheltered anchorage suitable for the concentrated naval and amphibious operations that characterised the build-up to D-Day. The site represents the substantial infrastructure required to sustain the largest amphibious invasion in history, with the maintenance facilities supporting the movement of personnel and equipment through this strategically important English harbour.

D-Day landing craft maintenance site on the River Dart immediately to the south of Lower Noss Point is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021076. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is D-Day landing craft maintenance site on the River Dart immediately to the south of Lower Noss Point?

D-Day landing craft maintenance site on the River Dart immediately to the south of Lower Noss Point is a Second World War military installation dating to 1944. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021076.

Who is responsible for protecting D-Day landing craft maintenance site on the River Dart immediately to the south of Lower Noss Point?

D-Day landing craft maintenance site on the River Dart immediately to the south of Lower Noss Point is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1021076.

What other scheduled monuments are near D-Day landing craft maintenance site on the River Dart immediately to the south of Lower Noss Point?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 690m north of Longwood House (0.9 km), Hillfort known as Greenway Camp, immediately north east of Cart Wood (1.3 km), D-Day landing craft maintenance site on the River Dart, 270m south east of Maypool Cottage (1.5 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under D-Day landing craft maintenance site on the River Dart immediately to the south of Lower Noss Point

D-Day landing craft maintenance site on the River Dart immediately to the south of Lower Noss Point stands on Early Devonian sandstone, bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around D-Day landing craft maintenance site on the River Dart immediately to the south of Lower Noss Point

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