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| HER Number: | MDV52965 |
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| Name: | Searchlight battery in the Parish of Upottery |
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Summary
A possible alternative site for the searchlight battery of Second World War date recorded as MDV52964. Small rectangular structures visible on aerial photographs of 1947 on the south-facing slopes below Buckeshayes Farm, Upottery, might be associated with the site of a searchlight battery.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 195 090 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST10NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Upottery |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | UPOTTERY |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Two structures, possibly WWII searchlight batteries, south-west of Buckhayes, Upottery
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: ST10NE/144/1
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY? (World War II to XX - 1939 AD to 1947 AD (Between))
Full description
APH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV135449.
Possible alternative site for searchlight. Raf 1947 ap shows a number of small square structures in this area (aph).
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV135450.
Aph=raf/cpe/uk/1974/3303/ (11/04/1947).
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RP 3303-3304 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.
Three small structures were visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.
Three rectangular structures between 2 and three metres long were visible on aerial photographs of 1947 on the south-facing slopes below Buckeshayes Farm, Upottery. The function of the structures is unknown, but they might be associated with a searchlight battery of Second World War date, for which this site has been suggested. The structures have been removed.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV135449 | Migrated Record: APH. |
| SDV135450 | Aerial Photograph: |
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| SDV356127 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RP 3303-3304 11-APR-1947. [Mapped feature: #94514 ] |
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| SDV359463 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2016-2018. The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. Historic England Research Report. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7508 - The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Ref: ACD1228)
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 20 2018 1:10PM |
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