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| HER Number: | MDV123925 |
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| Name: | Coastguard Lookout, Hope's Nose, Torquay |
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Summary
In an isolated position lacking camouflage or protection, so probably built as a coastguard lookout and adapted.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 948 635 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX96SW |
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| Admin Area | Torbay |
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| Civil Parish | Torbay |
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| District | Torbay |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ST.MARYCHURCH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- OBSERVATION POST (World War II - 1940 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
Torbay HER record (SMR record). SDV361984.
A Coastguard lookout, adapted 1939-45 as an Observation Post, survived to at least 1995 but had been demolished by 1999. In an isolated position lacking camouflage so probably built as a coastguard lookout and adapted; its use during the war was as a navy and home guard OP. An associated (?) bunker was reported at rear in 1995. [1]
Fiorato, V.J., 1999, Hope's Nose Observation Point and Bunker (Un-published). SDV362311.
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<1> Jury, R, 1995, Defence of Britain Project Site report form (Un-published). SDV362310.
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Sources / Further Reading
| SDV361984 | SMR record: Torbay HER record. |
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| SDV362311 | Un-published: Fiorato, V.J.. 1999. Hope's Nose Observation Point and Bunker. |
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| SDV362310 | Un-published: Jury, R. 1995. Defence of Britain Project Site report form. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV55658 | Related to: Coastguard Lookout, Hope's Nose (Monument) |
| MDV54171 | Related to: Observation Post, Greathill Reservoir, Torbay (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7760 - Site visit by R Jury - Nov 1995
- EDV7867 - Site visit by Veronica Fiorato - June 1999
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 29 2019 1:14PM |
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