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| HER Number: | MDV48765 |
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| Name: | Observation Post at Staddon Heights, Wembury |
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Summary
Small rectangular concrete structure. Now in poor condition.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 487 509 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX45SE |
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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 | PLYMSTOCK |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX45SE/451
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- OBSERVATION POST (XX - 1901 AD to 2000 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV160750.
Des=plymouth fortress survey/pye, a.(1992)/bovisand/copy in smr.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV160751.
Pro wo192/122 grenville fort record books c 1903 and 1915.
PLYMOUTH FORTRESS SURVEY, 1992, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV27236.
Vis=-/1/1992 (pye) a small rectangular concrete structure with a door at the rear and a high window (shuttered) facing seawards and open to the sides as well as to the front. Access via a sunken trackway down from staddon battery to the north. Probably originated as a world war i or wwii observation post or searchlight directing post. May have been used in conjunction with the adjoining submarine mine observation station. Derelict. In poor condition; roof collapsing (plymouth fortress survey).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV160750 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV160751 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV27236 | Migrated Record: PLYMOUTH FORTRESS SURVEY. 1992. |
Associated Monuments
| MDV126638 | Part of: Submarine mine observation station west of Watch House Battery, Wembury. (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 14 2019 4:51PM |
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