Archaeology Notes

Event ID 808042

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS27NE 40 centred 2582 7798

NS27NE 40.01 NS 25679 77143 Anti Aircraft Battery

NS27NE 40.02 NS 2574 7687 Trenches; Pillboxes

NS27NE 40.03 NS 2539 7722 Trenches; Machine Gun Posts

NS27NE 40.04 NS 25485 77745 Trenches; Pillboxes

This now demolished First World War coastal battery was situated immediately S of Whiteforeland Point. The gun-emplacements have been cleared away and the site is now being used by the Coast Guard School. A World War II Submarine Mining Station (NS27NE 97) also occupied the site and some buildings from this period are still extant.

The battery was armed with 2 4.7-inch QF (Quick firing) VB/V guns in 1904 and these had been removed before 1928. (Information from PRO duocument WO/192/102).

J Guy 2001; NMRS MS 810/11, Part 2, 82-3.