| Name: | Floodlight (destroyed), W of Woodhall Hill, Chignall |
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| SMR Number: | 20980 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | TL 677 105 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL61SE |
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| Parish: | CHIGNALL, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX |
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Summary
Floodlight
Full description
An aerial photograph taken in June 1946 shows the soil marks of an experimental “floodlight” in a meadow to the W of Woodhall Hill, Chignall. The soil mark of its generator building can be seen a few yards away to the NE. <1>
Nothing now survives and the area is an open arable field.
<1> RAF, 1946, 106G-UK 1565-3392, June 1946 (AP). SEX65391.
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 12.3
- Historic Environment Character Area: Chelmsford 12
Sources and further reading
| <1> | AP: RAF. 1946. 106G-UK 1565-3392. June 1946. |
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