Monument record 7143 - Possible WWII Defences, Weldon

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Earthworks of possible searchlight battery.

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{1} Possible military features set in field a short distance south of site of wartime steelworks. Comprises one earthwork penannular ditch and banked enclosure and two more indistinct features, one circular and with 4 small dark features set around perimeter. Possible WWII military origin.


<1> 1942, RAF Photographs, 6032-6035 HLA/419 13/3/42 (unchecked) (Photographs). SNN51672.

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  • <1> Photographs: 1942. RAF Photographs. 6032-6035 HLA/419 13/3/42. RCHME. 6032-6035 HLA/419 13/3/42 (unchecked).

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Location

Grid reference Centred SP 9134 8870 (48m by 48m) Central
Civil Parish WELDON, North Northamptonshire (formerly Corby District)

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Record last edited

Apr 20 2022 4:19PM

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