Monument record 7967/1 - WWII Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Battery

A searchlight battery from World War II. The site is on the list from Northamptonshire SMR where it is known only from documentary sources. It was probably constructed between 1939 and 1945 but its condition is uncertain at the time of the Defence of Britain survey. The site was operated by the 467 S/L Battery 73 S/L Regiment. The site is located in the Abington area of Northampton.

{2} Ring ditches and enclosures (?) (c. SP 776609), are visible on air photographs on the Old Northamptonians Sports Ground, on Northampton Sands, at 86 m. above OD. The ring ditch is about 30 m. in diameter and other rectangular features, perhaps enclosures, are detectable in the surrounding area.

{3} A searchlight battery from World War II. The site is on the list from Northamptonshire SMR where it is known only from documentary sources. It was probably constructed between 1939 and 1945 but its condition is uncertain at the time of the Defence of Britain survey. The site was operated by the 467 S/L Battery 73 S/L Regiment. The site is located in the Abington area of Northampton.

<1> Brown A.E. (ed.), 1980, Archaeology in Northamptonshire 1979, p.177 (unchecked) (Article). SNN56490.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1985, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.202/Site 1 (checked) (Series). SNN77383.

<3> Migrated Defence of Britain Project database record originally compiled from various sources (Database). SNN112922.

<4> Historic England, Undated, Defence of Britain, DEB01 (Archive). SNN112947.

<5> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, NCCAP:SP7760/003-4 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

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