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Lookout point, possibly used by the Home Guard. A square-shaped building with lookout points overlooking Freshwater Bay and the Channel. The entrance is to the rear. The two apertures are 15ft long, with brick dividers. There appears to be an internal wall with a doorway at each end, but the whole has been infilled with earth.
(Source: Field Visit 1999/07/03)
Observation post, with wide concrete-framed viewing slits divided by brick piers. No access. In private grounds.
(Source: Field Visit 2003/08/26)
Type of site | COASTAL OBSERVATION POST |
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Location | On coast in grounds of Fort Redoubt at side of Albion Hotel, overlooking Freshwater Bay. |
Area |
Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England |
Grid reference |
SZ 34557 85677
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Moore, C.D. |
Defence grouping |
Isle of Wight coastal defences - Defences of the coast of the Isle of Wight. |
Photographs |
![]() (3) - exterior and site views. |
DOB site reference: | S0012105 |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1999/07/03 Field Visit, On 2003/08/26 |