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Coastal battery site. Two gun houses for 4in naval guns. Also Bofors and AALMG. Placed on 'care and maintenance, January 1945. Some buildings survive as well as underground works. Defending pillboxes and spigot mortars which were manned by the local Home Guard. [see separate records].
(Source: Book 1999)
Type of site | COAST BATTERY |
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Location | Winterton-on-Sea. |
Area |
Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk, England |
Grid reference |
TG 4969 1921
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Concrete |
Recorder | [Unknown] ([Unknown]) |
Defence grouping |
Norfolk coast defences - Coastal crust defences |
Photographs |
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DOB site reference: | S0015898 |
Reference |
1999/11 Silent Sentinels: The story of Norfolk's fixed defences during the twentieth century |
Event |
Care and Maintenance, During 1945/01 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |