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Monument Number 915389
Hob Uid: 915389
Location : East Riding of Yorkshire Aldbrough
Grid Ref : TA2755037105
Summary : World War II coast artillery searchlight at Ringbrough Battery. Plotted from aerial photographs, now totally destroyed.
More information : (TA 2757 3710) Coastal artillery searchlight battery. This searchlight battery was positioned to the south east of the main Ringbrough Battery complex. The building was basically rectangular in shape, having a semi-circular wall facing seawards behind which was set a 90cm DEL. The wall had a large opening which covered by metal shutters which would be opened when the searchlight was in operation. The building was brick built, but had a re-inforced concrete roof. The building was plotted from aerial photographs by the Fortress Studies Group in 1992. The Fortress Studies Group also visited the site during the Holderness Survey, and found it to be totally destroyed by the effects of erosion. (1-1a-1b) The monument is also visible as an earthwork and structures on air photographs examined as part of the Rapid Coastal Assessment Survey of the Yorkshire and Humber Estuary. Also visible a potential pillbox and a gun emplacement. Due to coastal erosion the monument no longer survives in situ. (1b)

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Source details : Roger Thomas/13-APR-1992/FSG,RCHME:Holderness Survey
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Source Number : 1a
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Source details : Dorman, J E, 1990. Guardians of the Humber: The Humberside Defences 1856-1956
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Source Number : 1b
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Source details : Sortie 106G/LA216 3001-3002
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Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : World War II
Monument End Date : 1945
Monument Start Date : 1941
Monument Type : Searchlight Battery, Gun Emplacement, Pillbox
Evidence : Destroyed Monument, Structure, Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TA 23 NE 22
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : THEMATIC SURVEY
Start Date : 1992-04-09
End Date : 1992-04-13

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Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2006-05-12
End Date : 2007-05-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 915389