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Right Battery, Landguard Fort
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square TM2831
The advent of more modern guns in the late 19th century made much of Landguard... (more)
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Landguard Fort: view from the roof towards Right Battery and the port radar tower
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square TM2831
Right Battery, the concrete construction hulking to the left of centre, is one... (more)
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Darell's Battery, Landguard Fort
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square TM2831
Darell's Battery was added to Landguard Fort in the Second World War as a... (more)
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Darell's Battery, Landguard Fort
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square TM2831
Darell's Battery was added to Landguard Fort in the Second World War as a... (more)
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Landguard Fort: control tower, on the roof
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square TM2831
From this control tower instructions were given to the guns in the two batteries... (more)
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Landguard Fort: view from the roof towards Right Battery and the point
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square TM2831
When developments in artillery made the ordnance within the fort obsolete, new... (more)
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Landguard Fort: ranging aids on the interior of the control tower
by Christopher Hilton
for square TM2831
From the control tower on the roof of the fort, instructions would be passed... (more)
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Landguard Fort: ranging aids on the interior of the control tower
by Christopher Hilton
for square TM2831
From the control tower on the roof of the fort, instructions would be passed... (more)
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Landguard Fort: view from the roof towards Right Battery and the point
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square TM2831
Right Battery, the concrete construction hulking to the left of centre, is one... (more)
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Right Battery, Landguard Fort
by Christopher Hilton
for square TM2831
The advent of more modern guns in the late 19th century made much of Landguard... (more)
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The Needles - New Battery - Look-out station
by Rob Farrow
geograph for square SZ2984
A view of the WWII look-out station which forms part of the New Battery at The... (more)
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Landguard Fort: view from the roof over Right Battery
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square TM2831
Right Battery, the concrete construction hulking in the foreground, is one of a... (more)
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Landguard Fort: view from the roof towards the Port of Felixstowe
by Christopher Hilton
for square TM2831
On the left, Darell's Battery, which was added to the fort during the... (more)
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East Weare Battery, Isle of Portland
by Malc McDonald
geograph for square SY6973
East Weare Battery was developed in the mid-19th Century to defend Portland... (more)
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East Weare Battery, Isle of Portland
by Malc McDonald
geograph for square SY6973
East Weare Battery was developed in the mid-19th Century to defend Portland... (more)
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Landguard Fort: former gun emplacement on Right Battery
by Christopher Hilton
for square TM2831
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Landguard Fort, Felixstowe
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square TM2831
In the centre are the twin towers of the World War II era Darrell's Battery... (more)
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Landguard Fort: Darell's Battery
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square TM2831
Darell's Battery, whose twin turrets command the mouth of Harwich Haven, is... (more)
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Milford Haven from parapet of the gun battery of Dale Fort
by Simon Mortimer
geograph for square SM8205
Dale Fort was completed in 1856 as part of the defences of Milford Haven. The... (more)
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Landguard Fort: ranging aids on the interior of the control tower
by Christopher Hilton
for square TM2831
From the control tower on the roof of the fort, instructions would be passed... (more)
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Cawsand Fort
by Rob Farrow
geograph for square SX4350
Cawsand Fort was one of numerous forts built by order of the then Prime... (more)
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Battery Gardens - Brixham
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SX9256
A former WWII battery above the entrance to Brixham Harbour.
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Alnmouth Battery
by Ian Capper
geograph for square NU2511
A battery above Alnmouth Beach, seen in evening light with a bank of fog in the... (more)
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Alnmouth Battery
by Ian Capper
geograph for square NU2511
A battery above Alnmouth Beach, seen in evening light with a bank of fog in the... (more)
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RUYC Battery, Bangor
by Rossographer
geograph for square J5182
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Flotta: Buchanan Battery
by Chris Downer
geograph for square ND3793
Looking across the Sound of Hoxa, past this important observation point on the... (more)
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Gun Battery in Corporation Park
by David Dixon
geograph for square SD6729
This battlement viewing platform stands more than 200 metres above sea level... (more)
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Heavy Quick Firing Battery, Shoebury Old Ranges
by Stephen McKay
geograph for square TQ9384
The battery was built 1899-1900 as a coastal artillery training facility. Two... (more)
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Battery bank, Eccles Solar Field
by Ian Capper
geograph for square TQ7160
Battery bank alongside the northern section of Eccles Solar Field.
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Battery bank, Eccles Solar Field
by Ian Capper
geograph for square TQ7160
Battery bank alongside the northern section of Eccles Solar Field.
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New Battery
by Bill Boaden
geograph for square SZ2984
What is left of a 19th century battery covering south west from The Needles.
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Cannon, Mount Edgcumbe Battery
by Philip Halling
geograph for square SX4553
The Garden Battery at Mount Edgcumbe was completed in 1863 to defend the... (more)
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The Battery, Lamer Island
by Stephen McKay
geograph for square NT6879
The Battery was built in 1781 to defend Dunbar Harbour after an incident in... (more)
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General Monck's Battery
by Mike Bremner
geograph for square NT2763
Possibly the site from which General Monck bombarded Roslin Castle in 1650. Or... (more)
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Berwick-upon-Tweed: battery wall against the estuary
by Chris Downer
geograph for square NT9952
The ramparts of the old town defences include this battery right alongside the... (more)
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Point Battery, Portsmouth
by Malc McDonald
geograph for square SZ6299
Point Battery was built in the 15th or 16th Century, to defend Portsmouth... (more)
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Point Battery, Portsmouth
by Malc McDonald
geograph for square SZ6299
Point Battery defended Portsmouth harbour for centuries. In the background is... (more)
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Portsmouth - Point Battery
by Colin Smith
for square SZ6299
Historic battery sited at the eastern side of the entrance to Portsmouth... (more)
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Colourfields, the Panopticon in Corporation Park
by David Dixon
geograph for square SD6729
This battlement viewing platform stands more than 200 metres above sea level... (more)
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The remains of Bawdsey battery
by Chris Holifield
geograph for square TM3540
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Littlehampton Fort
by Rob Farrow
geograph for square TQ0201
Littlehampton Fort is a C19th defensive battery located to defend the entrance... (more)
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Yacht, Bangor Bay
by Rossographer
for square J5182
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Point Battery, Old Portsmouth
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SZ6299
Seen from a cross-Channel ferry.
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Batteries on Coldstone Lane
by Chris Heaton
geograph for square SE3379
Operation to be found on Coldstone Lane, opposite Coldstone House Farm
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Disused Battery, Sandwich Bay Estate
by Chris Heaton
geograph for square TR3657
Relic from the days when invasion was a real threat.
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Heavy Quick Firing Battery, Shoebury Old Ranges
by Stephen McKay
geograph for square TQ9384
This solid-looking structure was built 1899-1900 as a coastal artillery training... (more)
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Culver Battery
by Bill Boaden
geograph for square SZ6385
Gun emplacements dating from 1904 which were manned and equipped in both World Wars.
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Berry Head Fort
by Richard Croft
geograph for square SX9456
Battery in the North Fort at Berry Head
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The Battery in Corporation Park, Blackburn
by Chris Heaton
geograph for square SD6729
A cannon, captured at Sebastopol in 1855 during the Crimean War was placed on... (more)
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Part of former gun battery, Verne
by David Martin
geograph for square SY6973
The colour of the sky accurately reflects the approaching thunderstorm.
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