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| HER Number: | MDV71829 |
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| Name: | Anti-Aircraft Battery to the southeast of Noss House |
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Summary
A Light Anti-Aircraft battery of Second World War date is visible as an earthwork pit on aerial photographs of 1946, to the southeast of Noss House.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 882 528 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX85SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Kingswear |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | KINGSWEAR |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BRIXHAM |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- LIGHT ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, RAF/CPE/UK/1890 RS 4061-62 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351061.
The anti-aircraft battery is visible as an earthwork pit.
Royal Air Force, 1960, RAF/58/3510 F21, RAF/58/3150 F21 245-46 22-APR-1960 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352350.
The earthwork pit of the former anti-aircraft battery has been completely levelled.
Dobinson, C. S., 1996, Anti-aircraft artillery, 1914-46, 731 (Monograph). SDV323690.
Light AA Battery at Site '2', Dartmouth. Equipped with a single 40mm Bofors gun on a MkII platform, No manning information recorded. Other details: AAI.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.
The site of a Light Anti-Aircraft battery of Second World War date is visible as an earthwork pit on aerial photographs of 1946, to the southeast of Noss House. The earthwork is located on the northern side of a road that leads from the A379 at River View, westwards towards Noss House. The single earthwork pit is oval in shape, measures approximately 5m in length by 3.5m in width and is located on gentle to moderate west facing slope. The site of the anti-aircraft battery was not very clearly defined on the aerial photographs available to the survey and additional elements of the emplacement may be present, but obscured by vegetation. Additional military earthworks, including a sunken shelter and two earthwork pit and banked gun pits are visible approximately 47m to the east of the anti-aircraft battery and may form part of an associated feature. The two sites were, however, recorded as separate monuments. The earthwork pit has been completely levelled on aerial photographs of 1960.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV323690 | Monograph: Dobinson, C. S.. 1996. Anti-aircraft artillery, 1914-46. Twentieth Century Fortifications in England. I.4. A4 Bound. 731. |
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| SDV351061 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1890 RS 4061-62 10-DEC-1946. [Mapped feature: #99752 ] |
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| 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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| SDV352350 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1960. RAF/58/3510 F21. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/58/3150 F21 245-46 22-APR-1960. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
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)
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 28 2017 10:25AM |
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