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Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 220m east of West Marsh Cottage

England
List entry 1020024
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020024
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.91 hectares
Grid reference
TA 05642 23199
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 220m east of West Marsh Cottage is a Second World War defensive installation located in Lincolnshire. The site comprises earthwork remains associated with anti-aircraft gun emplacements, reflecting Britain's air defence infrastructure during the 1939-1945 conflict. Such installations were strategically positioned across the country to protect against enemy air attack, particularly following the intensification of German bombing campaigns. The surviving archaeological evidence at this location contributes to understanding the distribution and character of wartime defensive structures in the East Midlands.

Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 220m east of West Marsh Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020024. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 220m east of West Marsh Cottage?

Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 220m east of West Marsh Cottage is a Second World War defensive installation located in Lincolnshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020024.

Who is responsible for protecting Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 220m east of West Marsh Cottage?

Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 220m east of West Marsh Cottage 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 1020024.

What other scheduled monuments are near Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 220m east of West Marsh Cottage?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including 'The Castles' motte and bailey (1.1 km), Site of Saxon manor, Tyrwhitt Hall (2.5 km), St Peter's Church (2.5 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
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
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

'The Castles' motte and bailey
1.1 km
Site of Saxon manor, Tyrwhitt Hall
2.5 km
St Peter's Church
2.5 km
Village Cross
2.5 km
Long barrow, two Neolithic mortuary enclosures and adjacent round barrow to the west of Barton Lodge
4 km
Tower mill and whiting works 100m south east of the Country Park Inn
4.1 km
Goxhill Hall moated site, associated drainage system, fishponds and field system
6 km
Beverley Gate and adjacent archaeological remains forming part of Hull's medieval and post-medieval defences
6.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 220m east of West Marsh Cottage

Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 220m east of West Marsh Cottage stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

Domesday entry for Barton, Lincolnshire →
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