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Monument Number 1429766
Hob Uid: 1429766
Location : East Riding of Yorkshire Easington
Grid Ref : TA3960010800
Summary : Two Second World War searchlight positions, on platform on beach. Spurn Head.
More information : Two DEL searchlight positions, on platform on beach. Spurn Head, Holderness. (1) Wooden decked jetty (NMR916153), formerly used for the re-supplying and building of Bull Sand Sea Fort, provided the terminal for the Spurn Point Military Railway. The structure was constructed on concrete piles and had three coastal artillery searchlights built on it in WW2 (NMR1429766). (2)

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Source details : The two databases developed by the Project can be searched on-line through the Archaeology Data Service at http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/specColl/dob/index.cfm
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Source details : Gazetteer Reference EA293, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment
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Monument Period Name : Second World War
Display Date : World War II
Monument End Date : 1945
Monument Start Date : 1939
Monument Type : Coast Artillery Searchlight
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : DoB Anti Invasion Database UID
External Cross Reference Number : S0015747
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TA 31 SE 47
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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1995-04-01
End Date : 2002-03-01

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 1429766