Monument record 0951700000 - Field N of Whaddon to Nash Road

Summary

Possible site of World War II searchlight battery or light anti-aircraft battery, seen on aerial photos.

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Type and Period (2)

  • SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY? (Modern - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)
  • ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY? (Modern - 1939 AD? to 1945 AD?)

Description

A clear rectangular platform in the ridge and furrow with two indents visible on APs and suggested as location of windmill [CAS 4311] (B1).
Examination of 1946 and 1947 RAF vertical APs shows the rectangular platform clearly overlying the ridge and furrow and the form is more suggestive of a WWII searchlight emplacement or small anti-aircraft battery (B2).

Sources (4)

  • ---SBC22858 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1947. 1947 RAF vertical AP. SP79303565. Yes.
  • ---SBC22859 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. 1946 RAF vertical AP. SP79103520. Yes.
  • <1>SBC22855 Unpublished document: Archaeological Investigations Ltd. 2004. New Lansdown, Whaddon Park, The Oaks: Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment. p14, Fig 4.
  • <2>SBC22857 Verbal communication: Julia Wise (BCC). 2007. Wise J (BCC) pers comm March 2007 (from vertical APs).

Location

Grid reference SP 78999 34877 (point)
Civil Parish WHADDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Apr 13 2025 7:28PM

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