Archaeology Notes

Event ID 792821

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NH86NW 9.06 81947 6812 and 82000 68975

Two World War II gun-emplacements for 6-inch guns. Information to follow.

These two World War II coast battery gun-emplacements are situated adjacent to the World War I 9.2-inch gun batteries. The emplacements are set in covered structures and were armed with 2 x 6-inch Mk.VII guns on Mk.V mountings which were installed in May 1940. These guns were replaced in April 1943 by 2 x 6-inch Mk.XXIV guns which were not removed until November 1956.

J Guy 2000; NMRS MS 810/10, Vol.2, 80, Vol.3, 45