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Summary

Originally built as a golf club house, The Port Light Restaurant was the centre of accommodation buildings serving Bolt Tail radar from 1941 to 1944. Nissen Huts are visible to the south of the club house on aerial photographs of 1945.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX63NE/56/1

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BARRACKS (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))

Full description

Clamp, A., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV175772.

The port light restaurant was originally built in 1909 as a golf club house. From 1941 to 1944 it was the centre of accommodation buildings serving the bolt tail radar. A number of concrete, brick and nissen huts were grouped around it (clamp).

APH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV175773.

These buildings were no longer standing at the time of the raf 1946 ap. Nissen hut platforms are visible (aph).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV175775.

Aph=raf/cpe/uk/1890/2028/(10/12/1946)/smr 61/96.

Royal Air Force, 1945, RAF/106G/UK/967, RAF/106G/UK/967 RP 4090-4091 1-NOV-1945 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351060.

Nissen Huts are visible to the south of the building now known as The Port Light restaurant.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, RAF/CPE/UK1890 2028-2029 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351061.

The Nissen Huts have been removed.

Passmore, M. + Passmore, A., 2008, Royal Air Force Air-Defence Radar Stations in Devon. The Second World War and Beyond, pp.21-24 (Monograph). SDV342115.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.

The domestic compound for the RAF Bolt Tail is visible approximately 200 metres to the east of the radar station on aerial photographs of 1945, as five Nissen Hut barrack blocks several square structures abutting making up the remaining ablutions blocks around the building now known as The Port Light. Clamp describes the site in detail. The temporary structures have all been removed by December 1946.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV175772	Migrated Record: Clamp, A..
SDV175773	Migrated Record: APH.
SDV175775	Aerial Photograph:
SDV342115	Monograph: Passmore, M. + Passmore, A.. 2008. Royal Air Force Air-Defence Radar Stations in Devon. The Second World War and Beyond. Royal Air Force Air-Defence Radar Stations in Devon. The Second World War a. A4 Paperback. pp.21-24.
SDV351060	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1945. RAF/106G/UK/967. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/967 RP 4090-4091 1-NOV-1945.
SDV351061	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK1890 2028-2029 10-DEC-1946.
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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Associated Monuments

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)
• EDV6587 - Archaeological Assessment of Land between Bolt Heat and Bolt Tail

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