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Summary

Former World War II coastal battery guardhouse, now used as a domestic building.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 1420976

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• GUARDHOUSE (World War II - 1940 AD to 1941 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1958, RAF/58/2549, RAF/58/2549/PSFO-P2-0239 - 240 27-AUG-1958 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351446.

The battery guardhouse is visible as a structure.

Jury, R., 1995, Shaldon Battery Guardhouse (Worksheet). SDV343796.

Built as a guardhouse along the river road to battery site at River Teign entrance. Had searchlights on top, now used as a domestic building. Possibly constructed of concrete, in good condition. Photograph.

Ordnance Survey, 2009, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV341569.

Passmore, M. + Passmore, A., 2011, Coastal Emergency Battery Shaldon, 3 (Leaflet). SDV351973.

Photograph of a structure said to have had a dual role as a guardhouse on the lower floor with a searchlight on the top floor.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.

The Second World War guardhouse is visible as a structure on military oblique aerial photographs of 1958. The remains of the coastal emergency battery with which it was associated are also visible to the south-east.

Pink, F., 2014-2015, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Desk-Based Assessment (Interpretation). SDV357736.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV341569	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2009. MasterMap. MasterMap. Digital.
SDV343796	Worksheet: Jury, R.. 1995. Shaldon Battery Guardhouse. Defence of Britain Project. Worksheet + Digital.
SDV351146	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV351446	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1958. RAF/58/2549. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/58/2549/PSFO-P2-0239 - 240 27-AUG-1958.
SDV351973	Leaflet: Passmore, M. + Passmore, A.. 2011. Coastal Emergency Battery Shaldon. A Brief Introduction to Twentieth Century Military and Civil Defence Archae. 43. A4 Folded + digital. 3.
SDV357736	Interpretation: Pink, F.. 2014-2015. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Desk-Based Assessment. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:1

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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