Monument record CAV 046 - WW2 Searchlight Battery
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Summary
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 7989 4670 (33m by 33m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL74NE |
| Civil Parish | CAVENDISH, ST EDMUNDSBURY, SUFFOLK |
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Full Description
The site of a Second World War searchlight battery at Cavendish. It was manned by 33 Searchlight Regiment. The battery was operational from October 1941. It formed part of a network of searchlights named Area DN02, which along with another such area (DN01) formed a defensive belt in the Essex-Cambridgeshire-Suffolk borders area and on into Hertfordshire. Searchlight sites typically comprised a small ring-ditch to provide the crew with shelter during an air raid, a predictor emplacement for calculating the height and range of targets, a light anti-aircraft machine gun pit, a generator and hutted accommodation for the crew (S1).
Sources/Archives (1)
- <S1> SSF53735 Index: English Heritage. Pastscape. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1499202.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Sep 20 2013 4:25PM