Survey Data
Reg No
15618013
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social, Technical
Original Use
Building misc
Date
1940 - 1945
Coordinates
272678, 108105
Date Recorded
21/10/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding single-bay single-storey flat-roofed searchlight emplacement, built 1943, on a bowed plan. Now disused. Flat reinforced concrete roof. Rendered reinforced concrete walls. Square-headed "monitor" opening (south) with reinforced concrete lintel framing cast-iron sliding panels. Set in shared grounds.
Appraisal
A bow-fronted searchlight emplacement illustrating the partial refortification of Duncannon Fort at the height of "The Emergency" (1939-46).