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| HER Number: | MDV76029 |
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| Name: | Shaldon Battery Gun Emplacement |
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Summary
Remains of coastal battery gun site, flat concrete platform with brick surround. In poor condition, overgrown, threatened by coastal erosion of cliff.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 938 720 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX97SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Shaldon |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ST.NICHOLAS |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- GUN EMPLACEMENT (World War II - 1941 AD to 1941 AD (Throughout))
Full description
Jury, R., 1995, Shaldon Gun Emplacement (Worksheet). SDV343794.
Coastal battery gun site for 4.7 inch QF gun made in Japan circa 1917. Flat concrete platform with brick surround. In poor condition, overgrown, threatened by coastal erosion of cliff. Source indicates a tunnel leading to main fire control position. This was not found but there are piles of rubble. Photograph.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV343794 | Worksheet: Jury, R.. 1995. Shaldon Gun Emplacement. Defence of Britain Project. Worksheet + Digital. |
Associated Monuments
| MDV39548 | Part of: Shaldon Emergency Battery (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 30 2014 2:16PM |
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