Name: | Floodlight (destroyed), Fitzjohn’s Farm, Pleshey |
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SMR Number: | 20986 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Grid Reference: | TL 674 138 |
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Map Sheet: | TL61SE |
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Parish: | PLESHEY, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX |
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Summary
Floodlight
Full description
An aerial photograph taken in October 1946 shows the circular base of an experimental “floodlight” just to the NW of Fitzjohn’s Farm, Pleshey. The base of its generator building is a few yards away to the NE. <1>
The site is now an open field.
<1> RAF, 1946, CPE-UK 1735-5062 (AP). SEX65389.
Monument Types
- FLOODLIGHT (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Events
- Visit by Fred Nash - Jan 2006 (Ref: Nash CHL Jan 2006)
Protected Status
- Historic Environment Character Zone: Chelmsford 12.2
- Historic Environment Character Area: Chelmsford 12
Sources and further reading
<1> | AP: RAF. 1946. CPE-UK 1735-5062. |
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