| Name: | Floodlight (destroyed), Parklands Farm, Galleywood |
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| SMR Number: | 20883 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 716 025 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL70SW |
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| Parish: | GALLEYWOOD, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX |
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Summary
Floodlight
Full description
An aerial photograph taken in October 1946 shows the clear outline of an experimental “floodlight” standing in a meadow to the E of Parklands Farm. Its generator building can be seen a few yards away to the S. For more information on floodlights see SMRs 20565 and 20851. <1>
Nothing now remains of the site and the area is open agricultural land.
<1> RAF, 1946, CPE-UK 1788-3248, Oct 1946 (AP). SEX65373.
Monument Types
- FLOODLIGHT (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Events
- Visit by Fred Nash - Jan 2005 (Ref: Nash CHL Jan 2005)
Protected Status
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Chelmsford 10.3
- Historic Environment Character Area: Chelmsford 10
Sources and further reading
| <1> | AP: RAF. 1946. CPE-UK 1788-3248. Oct 1946. |
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