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| HER Number: | 26376 |
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| Name: | GUN POINT - Post Medieval battery, Modern gun emplacement |
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Summary - not yet available
Protected Status: None recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Defence of Britain (Paper Reference): AH185
- National Mapping Programme (Morph No.): 95/10/1&2
- OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SW97NW (M)2
- Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 26376
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
- SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW97NW 38
Monument Type(s):
Full description
Gun point is marked on current OS maps (b2). A battery is said locally to have been sited here in Napoleonic times but a site visit revealed that the present features are those of the Padstow Volunteer Coastal Artillery Battery of the 1860s and several Second World War emplacements (h1). WW2 features, including gun platforms and a concrete building are visible on air photographs (p1-4). The site is recorded as AH 185 in the Defence of Britain project.
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Site history:
1: 1972. KING, AN/OS
2: 1997/8. HARVEY, A /DOB
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<1> Ordnance Survey, 1803-9, OS Surveyor's Drawing 2 Inch Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4053.
RAF, 1946, 106G/1498/4345 (Photographic Record). SCO9692.
RAF, 1950, 541/425/3025&6 (Photographic Record). SCO12954.
<2> Ordnance Survey, 1970s, 1:10,000 OS Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4045.
OSP, 1971, 71306/241 (Photographic Record). SCO15231.
CAU, 1992, F37/22 (Photographic Record). SCO18153.
Sources / Further Reading
| [1] | SCO4053 - Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1803-9. OS Surveyor's Drawing 2 Inch Map. |
| [p1] | SCO9692 - Photographic Record: RAF. 1946. 106G/1498/4345. |
| [p2] | SCO12954 - Photographic Record: RAF. 1950. 541/425/3025&6. |
| [2] | SCO4045 - Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1970s. 1:10,000 OS Map. |
| [p3] | SCO15231 - Photographic Record: OSP. 1971. 71306/241. |
| [p4] | SCO18153 - Photographic Record: CAU. 1992. F37/22. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
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Associated Images
AH185 S0013553 Coastal artillery Battery (Extant) Leaflet on Defences of Padstow 1
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AH185 S0013553 Coastal artillery Battery (Extant) Leaflet on Defences of Padstow 2
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AH185 S0013553 Coastal artillery Battery (Extant) Photographs 2
© Harvey, A.
AH185 S0013553 Coastal artillery Battery (Extant) Photographs 3
© Harvey, A.
AH185 S0013553 Coastal artillery Battery (Extant) Photographs 4
© Harvey, A.
AH185 S0013553 Coastal artillery Battery (Extant) Photographs 1
© Harvey, A.
AH185 S0013553 Coastal artillery Battery (Extant) Photographs 5
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