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HER Number:MDV50467
Name:Cotleigh, AA Battery

Summary

This field had AA guns and searchlight position in 1940. Bomb dropped in adjoining field (EMAFU).

Location

Grid Reference:ST 208 032
Map Sheet:ST20SW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishCotleigh
DistrictEast Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishCOTLEIGH

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: ST20SW/311

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

Horner, B., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV1669.

Reference to the Cotleigh searchlights in diaries of the vicar of Stockland (Horner).


APH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV97465.

No trace on raf 1947 ap (aph).


Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV97468.

APH=RAF/CPE/UK/1974/2439/(11/4/1947).


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV97469.

Des=Horner, W. /(13/1/1995)/as above.


Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit, 1992 - 1993, Blackdown Hills Survey Archive (Archive - Survey). SDV324187.

This field had AA guns and searchlight position in 1940. Bomb dropped in adjoining field.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV1669Migrated Record: Horner, B..
SDV324187Archive - Survey: Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit. 1992 - 1993. Blackdown Hills Survey Archive. Blackdown Hills Survey Archive. A4 Unbound.
SDV97465Migrated Record: APH.
SDV97468Aerial Photograph:
SDV97469Migrated Record:

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Nov 22 2011 1:42PM