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| HER Number: | MDV56296 |
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| Name: | Royal Engineers Experimental School |
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Summary
'Loughrigg' was requisitioned during the Second World War and a Royal Engineers experimental school was established there in 1941.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 716 260 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS72NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | South Molton |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SOUTH MOLTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS72NW/168
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- MILITARY COLLEGE (World War II - 1941 AD to 1941 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.
Map object based on this Source.
Sunday Telegraph, 1995, Untitled Source (Article in Serial). SDV86273.
There was a Royal Engineers experimental school at South Molton. This was connected with test ranges on Exmoor.
Horner, W., 1996, Royal Engineers Experimental School, Loughrigg (Worksheet). SDV86274.
The RE experimental school was at 'Loughrigg' on the corner of East Street and Station Road. It was stablished in the summer of 1941.
Southwest Archaeology, 2005, Mole Valley Farmers Station Road South Molton Devon. Results of an Archaeological Assessment, 2.6 (Report - Assessment). SDV324477.
'Loughrigg' was requisitioned during the second World War and housed a Royal Engineers experimental training school.
Ordnance Survey, 2011, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV346129.
Map object based on this Source.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV324477 | Report - Assessment: Southwest Archaeology. 2005. Mole Valley Farmers Station Road South Molton Devon. Results of an Archaeological Assessment. Southwest Archaeology Report. 051114. A4 Stapled + Digital. 2.6. |
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| SDV342938 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946 - 1949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital). |
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| SDV346129 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2011. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV86273 | Article in Serial: Sunday Telegraph. 1995. Sunday Telegraph. |
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| SDV86274 | Worksheet: Horner, W.. 1996. Royal Engineers Experimental School, Loughrigg. Defence of Britain Project. Worksheet + Digital. |
Associated Monuments
| MDV72164 | Related to: Former Garden of Loughrigg, East Street, South Molton (Monument) |
| MDV72165 | Related to: Loughrigg, East Street, South Molton (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 11 2014 2:52PM |
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