Archaeology Notes

Event ID 670929

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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ND49SW 27.00 40450 92584

ND49SW 27.01 ND 40332 92822 and ND 40283 92867 Coast Battery; Gun- emplacements; Magazines (WW I 4")

ND49SW 27.02 Centred ND 4046 9774 Military Camp (WW II)

ND49SW 27.03 ND 40499 92610 Observation post (WW II)

ND49SW 27.04 ND 40426 92578 and ND 40455 92559 Gun-emplacements (WW II 6")

ND49SW 27.05 ND 40434 92583 and ND 40461 92571 Coast Battery; Gun- emplacements; Magazines (WW I 6")

ND49SW 27.06 ND 40465 92528, ND 40379 92535,ND40243 92908 Searchlight Battery WW I and II)

ND49SW 27.07 ND 40526 92602 Engine house (WW II)

ND49SW 27.08 ND 40426 92645 Engine house (WW II)

Hoxa Battery: A twin 4-inch gun First World War battery lies to the N (ND49SW 27.01). The WWII battery overlies a WWI 6-inch emplacement. During the Second World War this battery continued using this calibre of gun and was reduced to care and maintainance in 1943. The magazines, observation post, engine room and searchlight platforms can still be seen. The steel supporting the overhead cover is badly rusted and is likely to collapse soon.

J Guy 1993; NMRS MS 810/2; WO/192/263 PRO.

Three coast batteries are situated on the southern part of Hoxa head, two First World War and one Second World War installations.

The First World War gun-emplacements are of the open mount type with rock cut trenches leading to earth covered ammunition magazines 25m to the rear. There are four concrete emplacements to the N (ND49SW 27.01), and two immediately to the rear of the Second World War gun emplacements, the latter having been partially demolished.