| Name: | Floodlight (destroyed), Great Waltham |
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| SMR Number: | 20984 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 703 125 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL71SW |
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| Parish: | LITTLE WALTHAM, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX |
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Summary
Floodlight
Full description
An aerial photograph taken in October 1946 shows the soil marks of a cleared-away experimental “floodlight” just to the S of Chelmsford Road, Great Waltham. The soil mark of its generator building is a few yards away to the NW. <1>
The site is now an open field.
<1> RAF, 1946, CPE-UK 1785-5129, Oct 1946 (AP). SEX61694.
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 13.3
- Historic Environment Character Area: Chelmsford 13
Sources and further reading
| <1> | AP: RAF. 1946. CPE-UK 1785-5129. Oct 1946. |
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