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| HER Number: | MDV72031 |
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| Name: | Two Mile Oak, Searchlight |
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Summary
Site of WWII Searchlight at Two Mile Oak. Two circular shaped vegetation marks are visible in this location on aerial photographs taken in 1946 and may be associated with the site.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 842 683 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX86NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Ipplepen |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | IPPLEPEN |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1560300
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 3208-09 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352344.
Two circular shaped vegetation marks are visible.
Dobinson, C. S., 2000, Searchlight sites in WWII, 37 (Report - non-specific). SDV323811.
Site of WWII Searchlight at Two Mile Oak. 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.
Two circular shaped vegetation marks, both circa 10m in diameter, are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946, to the east of Dornafield Cross. The regular shaped marks may indicate an area of worn vegetation which are not visible on other aerial imagery available to the survey. They are of largely uncertain origin, although the presence of a Second World War searchlight battery recorded in this location may add some support to these features representing part of an associated feature which had been cleared, or levelled by 1946.
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 3208-09 04-NOV-1946. [Mapped feature: #47233 ] |
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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: | Sep 7 2018 10:50AM |
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