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| HER Number: | MDV43577 |
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| Name: | World War II Command Post, Renney Battery, Wembury |
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Summary
Site of World War II Command Post at Renney Battery. The possible Command Post is visible as a structure to the east of the battery trackway or road on aerial photographs of 1945.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 495 489 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX44NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Wembury |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WEMBURY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX44NE/3/6
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- MILITARY BUILDING (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1945, RAF/106G/UK/871, RAF/106G/UK/871 6117-6118 30-SEP-1945 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351258.
A large rectangular structure is visible.
Pye, A. R., 1991, Plymouth Defences Survey (Un-published). SDV145577.
Site visit 12th December 1991. Site of Second World War battery command post for Renney Battery from 1941; originally the officers' watch shelter. Demolished, probably within last decade; part of the north-east wall survives. Adjoined blockhouse to the north; both marked on 1963 1:2500 OS (plan SX4948).
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.
A rectangular building approximately 9 by 4.5 metres in size is visible as a structure to the east of the battery trackway or road on aerial photographs of 1945. It appears to abut a smaller structure immediately to the north, recorded separately as a First World War date blockhouse. The function of the structure is not apparent from the aerial photographs alone. The structure has now been demolished.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV145577 | Un-published: Pye, A. R.. 1991. Plymouth Defences Survey. Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit Survey. Digital + Mixed Archive Material. |
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| SDV351146 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital. |
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| SDV351258 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1945. RAF/106G/UK/871. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/871 6117-6118 30-SEP-1945. [Mapped feature: #91760 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV13723 | Part of: Renney Battery, Wembury (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6127 - Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme (NMP) for South-West England - South Coast Devon (Ref: ACD618)
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 31 2023 3:08PM |
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