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| HER Number: | MDV48743 |
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| Name: | Sentry post at Watch House Battery, Staddon Heights, Wembury |
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Summary
A Second World War sentry post is visible as a small rectangular structure on aerial photographs taken in 1955. A nearby concrete building platform recorded in 1992 may in fact be part of the military site to the north.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 489 509 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX45SE |
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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 | PLYMSTOCK |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX45SE/19/6
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SENTRY BOX (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV159852.
Des=plymouth fortress survey/pye, a.(1992)/copy and plan in smr.
Royal Air Force, 1955, RAF/540/1625, RAF/540/1625 F21 0026-0027 24-MAY-1955 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351141.
A rectangular structure is visible.
PLYMOUTH FORTRESS SURVEY, 1992, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV27236.
Vis=27/2/1993, 11/3/1993 (pye and woodward). Two structures ne of main battery area. Includes the site of a building (possibly wwi) built by 1920s. Demolished post-wwii. A concrete building platform fronted by brick wall. Also a small sentry-box, with brick walls and a concrete roof; walls cement-rendered on exterior. It is approached by a flight of steps from the direction of the road from the east. It is half sunk below ground. Presumably guarded the entrance to the battery; probably world war ii in date, as it is not shown on 1920s plan.(plymouth fortress survey).
Pye, A. + Woodward, F., 1996, The Historic Defences of Plymouth, Fig. 109 (Monograph). SDV167752.
A sentry post is marked in this location. A rectangular building is depicted to the north.
Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.
A small rectangular structure, less than two metres in size, is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1955, and corresponds with a Second World War sentry box recorded by Pye and Woodward (1996). It is not visible on recent available aerial imagery. The concrete building platform recorded in 1992 may in fact be part of the military site to the north (MDV126522).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV159852 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV167752 | Monograph: Pye, A. + Woodward, F.. 1996. The Historic Defences of Plymouth. The Historic Defences of Plymouth. A4 Paperback. Fig. 109. |
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| SDV27236 | Migrated Record: PLYMOUTH FORTRESS SURVEY. 1992. |
| SDV351141 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1955. RAF/540/1625. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/540/1625 F21 0026-0027 24-MAY-1955. [Mapped feature: #122280 Previously recorded as a point at SX 4890 5095, ] |
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| SDV362982 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2019-2020. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP). Historic England Research Report. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 14 2019 6:50PM |
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