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| HER Number: | MDV43579 |
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| Name: | Renney Battery, World War II Plotting Room |
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Summary
The probable site of the Second World War Renney Battery Plotting Room is visible on aerial photographs of 1945 as structures located in a former quarry adjacent to the battery. The complex of structures is not visible on later aerial photographs.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 496 489 |
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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/3/8
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- MILITARY BUILDING (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV160657.
Des=plymouth fortress survey/pye, a.(12/12/1991)/copy and plans in parish file.
PLYMOUTH FORTRESS SURVEY, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV27236.
Vis=12/12/1991 (pye). Site of plotting room for renney battery. Located in quarry; demolished prior to 1963. Originally built in 1942 (plymouth fortress survey).
Royal Air Force, 1945, RAF/106G/UK/871, RAF/106G/UK/871 6117-6118 30-SEP-1945 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351258.
Four rectangular or square structures are visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.
The probable site of the Second World War Renney Battery Plotting Room is visible on aerial photographs of 1945 as four square or rectangular structures located in a former quarry immediately to the south-east of the battery. The complex of structures is not recorded on later aerial photographs available to the survey.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV160657 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV27236 | Migrated Record: PLYMOUTH FORTRESS SURVEY. |
| 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. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
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: | Jun 2 2015 4:52PM |
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