Fort George

NH75NE 30 centred 7720 5748

This World War II coast battery is situated on the coast adjacent to a NW-SE running group of rifle ranges to the E of Fort George (NH75NE 3).

Very little remains of this battery, one pile of broken concrete may possibly be No.2 gun emplacement, which has the appearance of being been blown up. In addition, one UP (unrotating projectile) mounting survives on the site.

The battery was armed with 2 x 4-inch Naval guns in August 1940 which were replaced by 2 x 5.5-inch Mk.I/PI guns in February 1943. The battery was placed on a care and maintainance basis in April 1945 and the guns removed in October 1945.

J Guy 2000; NMRS MS 810/10, Vol.2, 126, Vol.3, 40

This coast battery is visible on wartime oblique aerial photographs (RAF S463.H53, 70, 72, flown 31st August 1941). The two gun-emplacements with camouflage netting along with the hutted accommodation camp to the SE are clearly seen. Most of the huts are of the 'Nissen' type supplemented by a few wooden buildings. It is difficult to ascertain from the photographs whether an observation tower existed at this site as none is visible in or around the site. Also visible on the photographs in a field to the S of the gun battery are a series of anti-landing posts and trenches.

Information from RCAHMS (DE), February 2004