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D-Day landing craft maintenance site on the River Dart, 270m south east of Maypool Cottage

A Scheduled Monument in Kingswear, Devon

Maypool 'Scrubbing Grids' looking towards Dartmouth

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The 'Scrubbing Grids' or Hards were built and used in 1943/1944 during WW2 for the cleaning and maintenance of vessels, mostly landing craft. This distant view is from the North.

Uploaded by Alan Forster on 29 December 2011

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