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90mm searchlight, part of Nothe Fort defences. The searchlight in position today is a replica of one that was removed by a landslip [on site information at Nothe Fort]. with PLAN drawn on form.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/05/29)
Coast Artillery Searchlight. Original site (SY 68617862) destroyed by landslip in 1988. Members of Weymouth Civic Society rebuilt the structure inside Nothe Fort At 6869 7877.
(Source: Information from recorder )


      

        Official Name
        Nothe Fort
      

      

        Type of site
        COAST ARTILLERY SEARCHLIGHT
      

      

        Location
        At Nothe Fort, Weymouth.
[Grid reference refers to original site]

      

      

        Area
        
 
 Weymouth, Dorset, England

        		
       

      

        Grid reference
        
            SY 6861 7882
             (Scale: 1:2500
              , 1958)
            

        		
      

      

        Period
        WW2

      

      

        Condition
        Good

      

      

        Materials
        
            Concrete
        
      

      

        Recorder
        Farthing, Geoff (Pillbox Study Group)
      

      

        Defence grouping
        
 
 Dorset coast defences - Defences of the Dorset coast line and immediate hinterland. 

        		
      

      

        Attached Sheets
        Additional SRF by Reg Perry

      

      

        Photographs
        
     (1) - site view.  
      

      

        Adjacent sites
        Nothe fort defences.

      

      

        DOB site reference:
        S0006492

      

      

        Reference
        
             1988/03/03 Article on Coast Artillery Searchlight

        		
      


      

        Event
        
            Construction, In the period 1939 1944

            Field Visit, On 1998/05/29 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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