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| HER Number: | MDV76040 |
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| Name: | Shaldon Battery Gun Emplacement |
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Summary
Concrete platform with renovated brick surround and front slope of concrete, former gun site for World War II coastal battery.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 938 720 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX97SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Shaldon |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ST.NICHOLAS |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- GUN EMPLACEMENT (World War II - 1940 AD to 1941 AD (Between))
Full description
Jury, R., 1995, Shaldon Battery Gunsite (Worksheet). SDV343812.
Gun site for 4.7 inch gun made in Japan circa 1917. Concrete platform with renovated brick surround. Front slope of concrete. Now used as rest area. Photographs.
Ordnance Survey, 2009, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV341569.
Passmore, M. + Passmore, A., 2011, Coastal Emergency Battery Shaldon (Leaflet). SDV351973.
At several locations in the county former battery structures can be identified, one such site being at Shaldon. The battery began life in 1940 and ceased to be operational towards the end of hostilities in 1944. Two gun emplacements were set up, each housing 4.7 inch ex-naval guns, together with a battery observation post, an amunition store, searchlight positions, generator houses and other necessary infrastructure.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV341569 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2009. MasterMap. MasterMap. Digital. [Mapped feature: #103076 ] |
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| SDV343812 | Worksheet: Jury, R.. 1995. Shaldon Battery Gunsite. Defence of Britain Project. Worksheet + Digital. |
| 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. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV39548 | Part of: Shaldon Emergency Battery (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 5 2014 11:28AM |
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