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| HER Number: | MDV76029 |
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| Name: | Shaldon Battery Gun Emplacement |
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Summary
Remains of coastal battery gun site, flat concrete platform with brick surround. In poor condition, overgrown, threatened by coastal erosion of cliff. One of two gun emplacements.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 938 720 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX97SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Shaldon |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ST.NICHOLAS |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- GUN EMPLACEMENT (World War II - 1941 AD to 1941 AD)
Full description
Jury, R., 1995, Shaldon Gun Emplacement (Worksheet). SDV343794.
Coastal battery gun site for 4.7 inch QF gun made in Japan circa 1917. Flat concrete platform with brick surround. In poor condition, overgrown, threatened by coastal erosion of cliff. Source indicates a tunnel leading to main fire control position. This was not found but there are piles of rubble. Photograph.
Passmore, M. + Passmore, A., 2011, Coastal Emergency Battery Shaldon (Leaflet). SDV351973.
At several locations in the county former battery structures can be identified, one such site being at Shaldon. The battery began life in 1940 and ceased to be operational towards the end of hostilities in 1944. Two gun emplacements were set up, each housing 4.7 inch ex-naval guns, together with a battery observation post, an amunition store, searchlight positions, generator houses and other necessary infrastructure.
Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015 onwards, 2015 onward Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV362959.
Square platform visible on 1920 aerial photo.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV343794 | Worksheet: Jury, R.. 1995. Shaldon Gun Emplacement. Defence of Britain Project. Worksheet + Digital. |
| SDV351973 | Leaflet: Passmore, M. + Passmore, A.. 2011. Coastal Emergency Battery Shaldon. A Brief Introduction to Twentieth Century Military and Civil Defence Archae. 43. A4 Folded + digital. |
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| SDV362959 | Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015 onwards. 2015 onward Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #143496 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV39548 | Part of: Shaldon Emergency Battery (Monument) |
| MDV76040 | Related to: Shaldon Battery Gun Emplacement (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 21 2024 5:34PM |
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