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HER Number: | MDV39382 |
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Name: | Blockhouse at Renney Battery, Wembury |
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Summary
Large 12-sided pillbox, one of three built around perimeter of Renney Battry in 1914.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 494 490 |
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Map Sheet: | SX44NE |
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Admin Area | Devon |
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Civil Parish | Wembury |
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District | South Hams |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | WEMBURY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX44NE/3/1
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BLOCKHOUSE (World War I to Late 20th Century - 1914 AD to 2000 AD)
Full description
Hellis, J., 1990, List of Defensive Sites (Un-published). SDV99101.
Pillbox of local design. A large 12 sided pillbox, side one, door, side two and twelve, two loops, remainder have one loop each. The loops have steel shutters fitted with three small 'pistol' in each. There are two square machine gun ports, at ground level.
Pye, A. R., 1991, Plymouth Defences Survey (Un-published). SDV145577.
Site visit 12th December 1991. A 12-sided concrete blockhouse, one of three (other two demolished), built around the perimeter of Renney Battery in 1914 for local defence; all three connected by an 'unclimbable' fence. Side one: original steel door; sides two and twelve have two firing slits, the remainder one. Some have steel shutters surviving in the interior. Earth embanked around it forming a glacis. Square ports for machine guns and/or 'motor headlamps' in sides three and eleven aligned along inclimbable fence.
Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV145577 | Un-published: Pye, A. R.. 1991. Plymouth Defences Survey. Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit Survey. Digital + Mixed Archive Material. |
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SDV350786 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2013. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #90280 ] |
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SDV99101 | Un-published: Hellis, J.. 1990. List of Defensive Sites. Manuscript. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV13723 | Part of: Renney Battery, Wembury (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Mar 31 2023 12:50PM |
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