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| HER Number: | MDV71950 |
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| Name: | Searchlight battery off Exeter Road, Ivybridge |
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Summary
The site of a Second World War searchlight battery off Exeter Road, Ivybridge, is visible as a square earthwork bank, structure and vegetation mark of a demolished structure on aerial photographs taken in 1946. The earthwork bank and structure have been levelled and demolished by 1947.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 645 560 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX65NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Ivybridge |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | UGBOROUGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1559818
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 3165-3166 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351061.
A square earthwork bank, structure and vegetation mark of a demolished structure are visible.
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2105, RAF/CPE/UK/2105 RP 3056-3057 28-MAY-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351151.
Vegetation marks of the levelled earthwork bank and two demolished structures are visible.
Dobinson, C. S., 2000, Searchlight sites in WWII, 36 (Report - non-specific). SDV323811.
Site of WWII Searchlight at Ivy Bridge. Manned by 382 SL Bty.
Ordnance Survey, 2019, MasterMap 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362729.
The area has been developed.
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.
A curved roof structure, a vegetation mark of a demolished structure and an earthwork bank, circa 3m wide, which forms a square enclosure, circa 15m by 15m in size, are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946. They are interpreted as the remains of a Second World War searchlight battery. Vegetation marks of the recently levelled earthwork bank and of the two demolished structures are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1947. The 2019 Ordnance Survey MasterMap shows the area has having since been developed.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV323811 | Report - non-specific: Dobinson, C. S.. 2000. Searchlight sites in WWII. Twentieth Century Fortifications in England. AA/1. A4 Stapled + Digital. 36. |
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| SDV351061 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 3165-3166 10-DEC-1946. [Mapped feature: #47153 ] |
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| SDV351151 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2105. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/2105 RP 3056-3057 28-MAY-1947. |
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| SDV362729 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2019. MasterMap 2019. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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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: none recorded
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: | Nov 6 2019 1:51PM |
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