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HER Number:MDV78500
Name:Searchlight Battery, Rushmoor Farm

Summary

Searchlight battery at Rushmoor Farm during 1941.

Location

Grid Reference:SY 027 874
Map Sheet:SY08NW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishWoodbury
DistrictEast Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishWOODBURY

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY (World War II - 1941 AD to 1941 AD (Between))

Full description

Francis, P., 1999, Exeter Airport. Historic Airport Survey for Devon County Council & East Devon District Council, 139 (Report - non-specific). SDV323390.

At Rushmoor Farm, one searchlight spacing, 539 Battery, 88th Searchlight Regiment, August 1941.


Historic Environment Record, 2010, Untitled Source (Personal Comment). SDV345398.

Francis gives Grid Reference SY022874, but no Rushmoor Farm in that vicinity.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV323390Report - non-specific: Francis, P.. 1999. Exeter Airport. Historic Airport Survey for Devon County Council & East Devon District Council. Airfield Research Publishing Report. Digital + A4. 139.
SDV345398Personal Comment: Historic Environment Record. 2010.

Associated Monuments

MDV48842Related to: Exeter Airfield (Military) (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV4774 - Historic Airport Survey, Exeter Airport

Date Last Edited:Oct 11 2010 3:55PM