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| HER Number: | MDV57217 |
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| Name: | Searchlight Battery 'Ack 4', Mosshayne Lane |
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Summary
Mobile searchlight battery stationed in a field west of Mosshayne Farm during World War II. No visible remains today, and exact location unknown.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 978 946 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX99SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Broad Clyst |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | PINHOE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX99SE/186
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY (World War II - 1941 AD to 1941 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 11/04/1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, 3455; HER 37/32 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349479.
Horner, W., 1996, Mosshayne Searchlight Battery (Worksheet). SDV357023.
Site visit on 24th October 1996. Mobile searchlight battery stationed in a field west of Mosshayne Farm during World War II. There is slight ground disturbance in the appropriate location recorded on a Royal Air Force 1947 aerial photograph. No visible remains today.
Francis, P., 1999, Exeter Airport. Historic Airport Survey for Devon County Council & East Devon District Council, 138 (Report - non-specific). SDV323390.
Searchlight battery 'Ack 4', at Mosshayne Lane. Three searchlights (one cluster) of 85th Searchlight Regiment (Mobile Defence Group), May 1941 and one searchlight spacing of 539 Battery, 88th Searchlight Regiment, August 1941.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV323390 | Report - non-specific: Francis, P.. 1999. Exeter Airport. Historic Airport Survey for Devon County Council & East Devon District Council. Airfield Research Publishing Report. Digital + A4. 138. |
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| SDV349479 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 11/04/1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 3455; HER 37/32. |
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| SDV357023 | Worksheet: Horner, W.. 1996. Mosshayne Searchlight Battery. Defence of Britain Project. Worksheet + Digital. |
Associated Monuments
| MDV48842 | Related to: Exeter Airfield (Military) (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4774 - Historic Airport Survey, Exeter Airport
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 21 2014 3:56PM |
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