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| HER Number: | MDV43578 |
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| Name: | Second World War Observation Post, Renney Battery, Wembury |
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Summary
Site of First and Second World War Observation Post at Renney Battery. The Observation Post is visible as an irregularly shaped structure to the north of the battery trackway.
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/3/7
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BATTERY OBSERVATION POST (World War I to World War II - 1914 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1945, RAF/106G/UK/871, RAF/106G/UK/871 6117-6118 30-SEP-1945 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351258.
An irregularly shaped structure is visible.
Pye, A. R., 1991, Plymouth Defences Survey (Un-published). SDV145577.
Site visit 12th December 1991. Site of battery observation post (WWI and II) for Renney Battery. Demolished, probably within last decade. Other buildings were added during the Second World War. All 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.
An irregularly shaped flat roofed building approximately 12 metres metres across is visible as a structure to the north of the battery trackway or road on aerial photographs of 1945. A low tower roughly 3 by 4 metres in plan projects from the southern half of the structure. The function of the structure is not apparent from the aerial photographs alone but the presence of the tower might support the above interpretation of this building as a Battery Observation Post. 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: #91761 ] |
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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 3:11PM |
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