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| HER Number: | MDV76031 |
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| Name: | Shaldon Battery Searchlight |
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Summary
Reinforced concrete structure which formerly housed a World War II searchlight, now used as a shelter for pedestrians.
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
- National Monuments Record: 1421031
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SEARCHLIGHT EMPLACEMENT (World War II - 1941 AD to 1941 AD (Throughout))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1958, RAF/58/2549, RAF/58/2549/PSFO-P2-0239 - 240 27-AUG-1958 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351446.
The searchlight emplacement is visible as a structure.
Jury, R., 1995, Shaldon Battery Searchlight (Worksheet). SDV343795.
Building housed a 210 million CP searchlight, now used as a pedestrian shelter. Constructed of reinforced concrete, overall condition good. Possibly threatened by cliff erosion or road widening. Photograph.
Ordnance Survey, 2009, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV341569.
Passmore, M. + Passmore, A., 2011, Coastal Emergency Battery Shaldon, 3 (Leaflet). SDV351973.
The photograph on page one illustrates a one-time searchlight position in Marine Parade, now serving as a public shelter. The roof top radar is a modern facility.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.
The Second World War searchlight emplacement is visible as a structure on military oblique aerial photographs of 1958. The remains of the coastal emergency battery with which it was associated are also visible to the south-east.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV341569 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2009. MasterMap. MasterMap. Digital. |
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| SDV343795 | Worksheet: Jury, R.. 1995. Shaldon Battery Searchlight. Defence of Britain Project. Worksheet + Digital. |
| SDV351146 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital. |
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| SDV351446 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1958. RAF/58/2549. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/58/2549/PSFO-P2-0239 - 240 27-AUG-1958. |
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| 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. 3. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV39548 | Part of: Shaldon Emergency Battery (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6127 - Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme (NMP) for South-West England - South Coast Devon (Ref: ACD618)
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 30 2014 2:26PM |
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