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| HER Number: | MDV58748 |
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| Name: | Bolt Head, Site 1 Anti-Aircraft Battery, Malborough |
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Summary
A Second World War anti-aircraft gun position recorded at Bolt Head appears to be visible as a complex of structures and an embanked area on aerial photographs taken between 1946 and 1949.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 710 382 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX73NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Malborough |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MALBOROUGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX73NW/147
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY (World War II - 1942 AD to 1943 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV143516.
Dobinson, C. S.(CBA)/20th Century Fortifications in England/I.4(1996)729/AA artillery 1914-46 site gazetteer:WWII LAA.
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 FS 2023-2024 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.
Several structures and an embanked area are visible along the field boundary.
Royal Air Force, 1949, RAF/541/419, RAF/541/419 3012-3013;4009-4010 19-DEC-1949 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351250.
Several structures and an embanked area are visible along the field boundary.
Dobinson, C. S., 1996, Anti-aircraft artillery, 1914-46, 729 (Monograph). SDV323690.
Anti-aircraft gun position at Bolt Head.3 light machine guns documented 20/6/1942 to 26/1/1943. Also a single 40mm AA gun in January 1943 (Dobinson). Other details: AAI.
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.
Several structures and an embanked area are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946 and 1949 They are arrayed along the boundaries of a field, with what appear to be three hut bases and a small reverse-L-shaped structure in the north, some smaller structures in the west and an embanked walled area with small structure at the corner of a field boundary. The complex is in the vicinity of the 1942-1943 Bolt Head anti-aircraft battery recorded just to the south at SX71093810, and tentatively interpreted as huts, ammunition stores and gun position. They are not visible on later available aerial photographs.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV143516 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV169268 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 FS 2023-2024 10-DEC-1946. |
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| SDV323690 | Monograph: Dobinson, C. S.. 1996. Anti-aircraft artillery, 1914-46. Twentieth Century Fortifications in England. I.4. A4 Bound. 729. |
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| SDV351250 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1949. RAF/541/419. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/541/419 3012-3013;4009-4010 19-DEC-1949. [Mapped feature: #125421 Previously recorded as a point at SX71093810, ] |
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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
| MDV35349 | Related to: RAF Bolt Head Airfield (Monument) |
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: | Apr 27 2020 6:31PM |
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