Information for record number MWA9646:
Bedworth Anti Aircraft Artillery Site

Summary The site of a heavy anti aircraft installation dating from the Second World War and identified from documentary and aerial photograph evidence. It was situated 400 metres east of Bulkington Bridge.
What Is It?  
Type: Anti Aircraft Battery
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Nuneaton and Bedworth
District: Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 37 86
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 The site of a heavy anti aircraft installation A, title H21, first mentioned in February 1940 and part of Coventry Gun Defended Area. It was equipped with 4 x 3.7" static guns and with fire control radar. After the War in 1946 it became the Nucleus Force Battery Head Quarters which meant that it was a permanently gunned site.
2 The installation can be seen on a RAF aerial photo from 1947, with the accommodation camp to the north and the gun pits to the south.
3 The domestic area and the gun siting identified and outlined.
4 site of a Second World War heavy anti aircraft battery at Bedworth, which was mounted with four 3.7-inch static guns and GL Mark II radar in 1942. In 1945 it was armed with four 3.7-inch Mark VI guns, and four 3.7-inch Mark III, and was manned by 21 Battery of the 8th Mobile Regiment. It was retained as a Nucleus Force Battery headquarters in 1946, a permanently gunned position
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP38NE
Author/originator: RAF
Date: 1947
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Twentieth Century Fortifications in England, vol I.3
Author/originator: Dobinson C S
Date: 1996
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Volume/Sheet: Vol I.3
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Premises, Sites etc. within 30 miles of Harrington Museum used for Military Purposes.
Author/originator: John Brace
Date: Before 2017.
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Bedworth Anti Aircraft site
Author/originator: Ed Wilson
Date: 2003
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technique Aerial Photograph Aerial photographs are taken during an aerial survey, which involves looking at the ground from above. It is usually easier to see cropmarks and earthworks when they are viewed from above. Aerial photographs help archaeologists to record what they see and to identify new sites. There are two kinds of aerial photographs; oblique and vertical. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument FORTIFICATION * A usually permanent defensive work. Use specific type where known. back
monument PIT * A hole or cavity in the ground, either natural or the result of excavation. Use more specific type where known. back
monument MUSEUM * A building, group of buildings or space within a building, where objects of value such as works of art, antiquities, scientific specimens, or other artefacts are housed and displayed. back
monument BRIDGE * A structure of wood, stone, iron, brick or concrete, etc, with one or more intervals under it to span a river or other space. Use specific type where known. back
monument HEAVY ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY * An anti aircraft battery usually mounting weapons with a larger calibre ammunition such as the QF 3.75 inch (94mm) gun. back
monument AIRCRAFT * An aircraft, either whole or in part. Aircraft often survive as commemorative monuments, gate guardians or crash sites. back
monument ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY * A site containing one or more artillery pieces and/or rocket launchers for firing at enemy aircraft. back
monument DOMESTIC * This is the top term for the class. See DOMESTIC Class List for narrow terms. back
monument BATTERY * A site where guns, mortars or searchlights are mounted. Use specific type where known. back

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