HES Downing Point Survey

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Date 2023 - 2023

Event ID 1170052

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Type Project

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Event	Type	Subtype	Notes	Date
1170059	RECORDING	FIELD VISIT	What little remains of this Engine House, which is overgrown by brambles, ivy and trees, is situated 22m NE of the building platform that supported the magazine (NT18SE 24.3) of the Downing Point Battery and 13.5m W of the path leading to the sandstone steps (NT18SE 24.113) on the N face of the crag. Although the superstructure of the building has been demolished and the floor is not visible due to the dumping of soil and the vegetation, three rectangular plinths that may have been associated with the building are still visible. The most westerly (NT 15807 82482), measuring 1.7m from E to W by 0.8m transversely and at least 0.23m in height, is distinguished in having a broad central gutter running the full length of its upper surface. Three upright bolts at the edge of each side were provided to attach an engine. A second plinth (NT 15810 82483), which is situated 1.7m to the E, measures 1.1m from NE to SW by 0.95m transversely and at least 0.1m in height. This has a smooth, featureless upper surface and may possibly have been a threshold, although it is not certain that it lay outside the building. The third plinth (NT 15810 82476), which is situated 4.2m SE of the first, measures 3.2m from N to S by 1.05m transversely and at least 0.25m in height. It has a vertical slot 0.2m in length and 0.08m in breadth cut into its E edge, but is otherwise featureless. This appears to have lain outside the building. [...]	6 December 2023
1170062	RECORDING	FIELD VISIT	Nothing is now visible of two First World War searchlights that were situated close to the E end of Downing Point (NT15943 82457; NT15965 82460). The more westerly was roughly trapezoidal on plan and measured about 7m from ENE to WSW by 3m transversely, while the more easterly was rectangular on plan and measured about 4.5m from N to S by 3.5m transversely. [...]	5 December 2023
1170039	RECORDING	FIELD VISIT	Nothing is now visible of four timber blockhouses that were situated at carefully chosen locations around the periphery of the Downing Point Battery (NT 15732 82474; NT 15795 82446; NT 15811 82516; NT 15795 82531). Two lay close to the entrance to the camp on the NW, one at the W end of the crag and another close to the S edge of the cliff about 17m SE of the NE gun platform (NT18SE 24.2). [...]	6 December 2023

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