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| HER Number: | MDV72022 |
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| Name: | Searchlight Battery on Knighton Heath, Bovey Tracey |
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Summary
Pale vegetation marks and an earthwork pit of a Second World War searchlight battery are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946, on Knighton Heath, Bovey Tracey.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 835 778 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX87NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Bovey Tracey |
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| Civil Parish | Hennock |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BOVEY TRACEY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1560236
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/1824, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 RP 3131-32 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352344.
Pale, rectilinear areas of vegetation and an earthwork pit are visible.
Dobinson, C. S., 2000, Searchlight sites in WWII, 37 (Report - non-specific). SDV323811.
Site of WWII Searchlight at Knighton Heath. Manned by 384 SL Bty.
Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2018-2019, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley (Interpretation). SDV361305.
Pale vegetation marks and an earthwork pit of a Second World War searchlight battery are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946, on Knighton Heath, Bovey Tracey. The pale marks are rectilinear and are interpreted as hut bases of former structures, with an additional irregularly shaped mark which extends off the adjacent road interpreted as an access track. A small, shallow rectilinear earthwork pit, circa 10m long by 5m wide, is likely associated with the battery but is of uncertain function. The battery had evidently been completely cleared shortly after the end of the Second World War and the area is largely obscured by vegetation on aerial photographs after 1946, and there is no evidence of the former battery after this date.
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. 37. |
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| SDV352344 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1824 RP 3131-32 04-NOV-1946. [Mapped feature: #114621 ] |
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| SDV361305 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2018-2019. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley. Historic England Research Report. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7515 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey (Ref: ACD1748)
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 3 2019 11:28AM |
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