Fort Picklecombe Searchlight Battery, Cornwall

Situated on private land near fort picklecombe, I had seen these several times from a boat, there seems to be two SL positions, with another building to house the generator... dating from WWII used as fighting lights for the local coastal artillery... the light would of been an AA type on a modified mount...

some of the steel runners remain and where the cables were routed can clearly be seen... interesting site....but please dont bother loacal residents and check the tides!

Given that they're coastal searchlights designed to search out uboats and ships I doubt they were used against bombers. Aircraft searchlights point straight up at angles of 70-90 degrees from horizontal.

It's nice to see some clean emplacements though!

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~rwbarnes/defence/guest/casl-.htm

krela said:

It's nice to see some clean emplacements though!

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Totally agree. These are good ones and it's great to see CASL emplacements, as not so many seem to have survived as much as other pillboxes. Nice find.

Don't know how I managed to miss this thread. As Krela said, surprisingly clean.

What's the other building we get a glimpse of?

Seahorse said:

What's the other building we get a glimpse of?

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its the fort thats now been converted in to apartments.

I bet they're not cheap, even in the present economic climate.

Is that the place across the sound from Bovisand? It looks familiar, I did a weekend's diving at bovi a little while ago and kept eyeing it up. Nice