2017

SY9390 : Defending Dorset: Holton Heath: Light Anti-Aircraft Battery - Bofors gun tower no. 1 (17)

taken 7 years ago, near to Sandford, Dorset, England

Defending Dorset: Holton Heath: Light Anti-Aircraft Battery - Bofors gun tower no. 1 (17)
Defending Dorset: Holton Heath: Light Anti-Aircraft Battery - Bofors gun tower no. 1 (17)
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LAA Battery: DoB ID: e27074

During WWII, in addition to the heavy anti-aircraft artillery protecting the Royal Naval Cordite Factory at Holton Heath, there were also a series of smaller anti-aircraft batteries providing close-in LAA defence against low flying enemy aircraft. The remains of two of these LAA sites survive in the form of concrete towers on which 40mm Bofors guns were mounted. This particular gun tower (no. 1) is on the heath to the south west of the former cordite factory, the other (no. 2) is on private land further west on the other side of the A351 road near Sandford House.

SY9390 : Defending Dorset: Holton Heath: Light Anti-Aircraft Battery - Bofors gun tower no. 1 (18)

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SY9390, 36 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Mike Searle   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 16 February, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 19 February, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SY 9396 9023 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:42.7002N 2:5.2146W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SY 9394 9022
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Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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