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D-Day landing craft maintenance site, 170m north of Saltash Pier

England

List entry 1020053

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1020053

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.24 hectares

Grid reference

SX 43333 58868

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

# D-Day landing craft maintenance site, 170m north of Saltash Pier

This site is a Second World War military installation located on the Cornish bank of the River Tamar near Saltash. The facility dates from 1944 and served as a maintenance and repair depot for landing craft in preparation for the D-Day invasion of Normandy. The site represents the substantial logistical infrastructure that supported the invasion operation, with the river providing essential access for damaged vessels requiring repair before deployment. The location reflects the strategic importance of the Tamar estuary during the final stages of the war in Europe, with facilities positioned to service the craft that would be critical to the amphibious assault.

D-Day landing craft maintenance site, 170m north of Saltash Pier is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020053. View the official record →

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What is D-Day landing craft maintenance site, 170m north of Saltash Pier?

# D-Day landing craft maintenance site, 170m north of Saltash Pier This site is a Second World War military installation located on the Cornish bank of the River Tamar near Saltash. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020053.

Who is responsible for protecting D-Day landing craft maintenance site, 170m north of Saltash Pier?

D-Day landing craft maintenance site, 170m north of Saltash Pier is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1020053.

What other scheduled monuments are near D-Day landing craft maintenance site, 170m north of Saltash Pier?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Battery with Royal Commission fortifications called Redoubt No.5 at Maker Heights (6.9 km), Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery at Maker Heights (7.4 km), Two batteries and part of a third at Maker Heights called Redoubt No1, Redoubt No2 and Redoubt No3 (7.6 km).

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Monuments

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Battlefields

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Roman Britain

The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.

Domesday

The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.

Civil War

The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.

Geology

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LiDAR

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Local Names

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Historical Maps

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Battery with Royal Commission fortifications called Redoubt No.5 at Maker Heights

6.9 km

Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery at Maker Heights

7.4 km

Two batteries and part of a third at Maker Heights called Redoubt No1, Redoubt No2 and Redoubt No3

7.6 km

Battery and Royal Commission fortification called Grenville Battery

7.8 km

Whitsand Bay practice battery

Royal Commission fortifications at Forder Hill including two musketry lines and a road block

8.6 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under D-Day landing craft maintenance site, 170m north of Saltash Pier

D-Day landing craft maintenance site, 170m north of Saltash Pier stands on Late Devonian claystone, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is claystone.

The wider landscape

Around D-Day landing craft maintenance site, 170m north of Saltash Pier

Battle of Braddock Down (1643)Battle (1643) · ~16.2 miles

Domesday entry for Tamerton, Devon →

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