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| HER Number: | MDV71960 |
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| Name: | Marwell Searchlight, Ringmore |
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Summary
A Second World war searchlight has been recorded at Marwell. Two rectangular structures and a square platform terraced into the south facing combe slopes south of Marwell.Cross, visible on aerial photographs of 1946, might be evidence of the Second World War emplacement.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 654 472 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX64NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Ringmore |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | RINGMORE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SEARCHLIGHT EMPLACEMENT (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 FP 1065-1066 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.
Structures and an earthwork terrace are visible.
Dobinson, C. S., 2000, Searchlight sites in WWII, 36 (Report - non-specific). SDV323811.
Site of WWII searchlight at Marwell. Manned by 382 SL Bty.
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.
Two rectangular structures, circa 16m by 7m and 14 by 5m in size are visible on aerial photographs of 1946 adjacent to a field boundary in aplot on the south-facing slopes south of Marwell.Cross. Circa 45m to the east a platform circa 8m square is visible terraced into the slope.
The structures and earthwork are interpreted as evidence of a searchlight emplacement of Second World War date.
The structures, probably Nissen Huts, were not noted on any more recent sources available to the survey, and the plot was developed and landscaped after 1999, levelling the terrace, possibly the site of the searchlight emplacement.
Sources / Further Reading
| 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 FP 1065-1066 10-DEC-1946. [Mapped feature: #124332 ] |
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| 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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| 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: | Feb 21 2020 4:21PM |
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