2017
SY7481 : Defending Dorset: RAF Ringstead Chain Home Radar Station (14)
taken 7 years ago, near to Osmington Mills, Dorset, England
Defending Dorset: RAF Ringstead Chain Home Radar Station (14)
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Chain Home radar station: DoB ID: e25089
Upton Fort - Coastal Artillery Battery: DoB ID: S0015047
As well as its primary aircraft surveillance role, RAF Ringstead had a secondary one of shipping surveillance in which Upton Fort may have played a part. Seen here is a general view of one of its two former 9.2 in. gun emplacements - note the curved recess in the centre of the roof to allow for the traverse of the gun barrel. The fort has quite a long history having been completed in 1903 as part of Portland's coastal defences.
SY7481 : Defending Dorset: RAF Ringstead Chain Home Radar Station (15)
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