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| Name: | Second World War searchlight, Nothe Gardens, Weymouth |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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| HER Number: | MDO29800 |
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| Last edited: | Aug 10 2023 3:19PM |
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Monument Type(s):
Summary
A structure is visible on aerial photographs of Nothe Gardens taken in 1947. It is considered likely to be the site of the Second World War 90mm searchlight recorded to have been located here by the National Monument Record (NMR 1420962). It was reportedly destroyed by a landslide in 1988 and later rebuilt inside Nothe Fort (NGR SY68697877).
Sources and Further Reading
| <1> | SWX5 - Digital archive: Council for British Archaeology. 1995. Defence of Britain Project. S0006492. |
| <2> | SDO128 - Machine readable data file: Council for British Archaeology. 2003. Defence of Britain Project Database. S0006492. |
| <3> | SDO17227 - Excavation archive: Council for British Archaeology. 2006. Defence of Britain Project Archive DEB01. S0006492. |
| <4> | SDO13085 - Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 30-AUG-1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2273 5156-57. |
| <5> | SDO14739 - Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1420962. |
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