Second World War searchlight battery, Loxley

A Second World War searchlight battery visible as a cropmark near Loxley | WA Baker
A Second World War searchlight battery visible as a cropmark near Loxley
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Description of this historic site

The site of a Second World War searchlight battery. It was discovered during the excavation of a pipeline. It was situated 1km north west of Wellesbourne Wood, near Loxley.

Notes about this historic site

1 A gas pipeline was scheduled to cut a 24m swathe through a ‘triple ring ditch and henge monument’ at the above grid reference.
2 Excavation proved the features to be the site of a war-time searchlight battery.
3 Transcript of aerial photographs showing three battery sites, including Loxley.

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