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| HER Number: | MDV78510 |
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| Name: | Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery "D5", Way Farm |
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Summary
A Heavy Anti-aircraft battery at Way Farm during 1942-3 and recorded from aerial photographs as part of the Winkleigh NMP project.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 887 933 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX89SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Whitestone |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ALPHINGTON |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WHITESTONE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Francis, P., 1999, Exeter Airport. Historic Airport Survey for Devon County Council & East Devon District Council, 139 (Report - non-specific). SDV323390.
Site D5/Exeter 5, Way Farm. Heavy Anti-Aircraft 421 Battery, 108th Heavy Anit-Aircraft Regiment (temporary 375 Battery, "B" Troop) and 421 Battery, November 1942.
198 Heavy Arnti-Aircraft Regiment, 635 Battery, "C" Troop relieves 12 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 4 Battery in August 1943.
Young, A., 2005, Transcriptions from Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Cartographic). SDV321540.
The transcriptions correspond to the grid reference for PRN166496.
Young, A. & Turner, S., 2005-2006, North Devon/Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project database records, PRN166496 (Interpretation). SDV358473.
An anti-aircraft battery and accommodation black are visible on aerial photographs (p1). The site has been digitally plotted as part of the NMP. There are four 3.7in guns, two bunkers 80m to the south of the guns, and an accommodation block with a football pitch 70m east of the guns. A Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery is listed by the CBA for this area: number 5 (Halsford Wood); earliest ref. 20th June 1942; Regiment: 118; Battery: 273 (b1). However the grid reference for this entry is at SX 882943, roughly 1km NW of the true site.
Photograph reference:
1. RAF 106G/UK/865 (PART4) 6465-7 30-SEP-1935
Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2017-2018, Backlog recording of the Winkleigh National Mapping Programme Survey (Personal Comment). SDV360588.
The date of the photograph reference for this record provided by the Winkleigh NMP project is possibly incorrect. The correct reference is not known.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV321540 | Cartographic: Young, A.. 2005. Transcriptions from Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project. Plot of Cropmarks. Digital. [Mapped feature: #111206 ] |
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| SDV323390 | Report - non-specific: Francis, P.. 1999. Exeter Airport. Historic Airport Survey for Devon County Council & East Devon District Council. Airfield Research Publishing Report. Digital + A4. 139. |
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| SDV358473 | Interpretation: Young, A. & Turner, S.. 2005-2006. North Devon/Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project database records. Cornwall Council Report. Digital. PRN166496. |
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| SDV360588 | Personal Comment: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2017-2018. Backlog recording of the Winkleigh National Mapping Programme Survey. Not Applicable. |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4774 - Historic Airport Survey, Exeter Airport
- EDV7455 - Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 6 2018 4:28PM |
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