Monument record MLI128018 - Probable Second World War Searchlight Battery, Laughterton

Summary

Site of a probable Second World War searchlight battery with gun emplacements, to the south of Laughterton.

Type and Period (2)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

Site of a probable Second World War searchlight battery with gun emplacements, to the south of Laughterton. Visible as a tight cluster of three circular enclosures, approximately 8m in diameter, with a larger enclosure 18m in diameter and two smaller enclsoures of 10m and 12m diameter at a distance of 50-70m to the south-west. Identified on aerial photography examined as part of the National Mapping Programme. {1}

Sources/Archives (1)

  •  Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. Lincolnshire National Mapping Programme. SK8375: LI.652.7.1-6.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 8363 7557 (120m by 130m) Estimated from Sources
Civil Parish KETTLETHORPE, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 12 2026 7:58AM

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