EAW020461 ENGLAND (1948). South Foreland Battery, South Foreland Old Lighthouse and the windmill, St Margaret's at Cliffe, 1948

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Title [EAW020461] South Foreland Battery, South Foreland Old Lighthouse and the windmill, St Margaret's at Cliffe, 1948
Reference EAW020461
Date 9-November-1948
Link
Place name ST MARGARET'S AT CLIFFE
Parish ST. MARGARET'S AT CLIFFE
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 636157, 143447
Longitude / Latitude 1.376495853512, 51.14097355173
National Grid Reference TR362434

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BUNKER: S0013702

Matt Aldred edob.mattaldred.com
Tuesday 9th of March 2021 11:46:16 AM
COAST ARTILLERY BATTERY: S0007366

Matt Aldred edob.mattaldred.com
Monday 30th of November 2020 08:49:53 PM
COMMAND POST: e46695

Matt Aldred edob.mattaldred.com
Monday 30th of November 2020 08:48:57 PM
ARMY HEADQUARTERS: e46693

Matt Aldred edob.mattaldred.com
Monday 30th of November 2020 08:48:37 PM
RADAR STATION: e46694

Matt Aldred edob.mattaldred.com
Monday 30th of November 2020 08:47:29 PM
St. Margaret's Windmill

Slappyhead
Tuesday 24th of October 2017 09:36:34 PM
South Foreland lower lighthouse

Slappyhead
Tuesday 24th of October 2017 09:35:10 PM
Former South Foreland lighthouse power station

Slappyhead
Tuesday 24th of October 2017 09:34:53 PM
Battery rectifier and engine room. Now demolished and landscaped

Slappyhead
Tuesday 24th of October 2017 09:31:10 PM
Deep Shelter access. Now demolished, completely blocked and landscaped

Slappyhead
Tuesday 24th of October 2017 09:27:16 PM
Deep Shelter access. Now demolished, completed blocked and landscaped.

Slappyhead
Tuesday 24th of October 2017 09:22:56 PM
Battery Plotting Room

Slappyhead
Tuesday 24th of October 2017 09:21:19 PM
South Foreland Lighthouse, the first in the world to be electrically powered in 1859. It was also the site of the first ship to shore radio transmission and the first international radio transmission (from Wimereux in France)when Guglielmo Marconi conducted experiments here in 1899. This lighthouse is now owned by the National Trust and is opened to the public.

Kentishman
Saturday 26th of March 2016 12:54:42 PM
Track bed of Martin Mill Military Railway

Kentishman
Wednesday 10th of February 2016 10:33:16 AM
Number 1 gun of four, South Foreland Battery (290 Coast Defence Battery, 540 Coast Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery). 9.2 inch Mark IX-X ex naval gun; range 31,000yds (28,000m); this was subsequently increased through the use of 'super' charges. Cordite charges and shells (weight 380lbs /172.4kg)were stored in an underground magazine immediately behind the gun emplacement, the entrance is visible behind the gun. Work began in December 1940, guns were installed between March and November 1941. The battery's primary objective was to attack enemy shipping. http://www.kent-history.co.uk/sf/sf.htm http://www.subterraneanhistory.co.uk/2006_05_01_archive.html

Kentishman
Sunday 7th of February 2016 12:39:10 PM
Battery plotting room

Kentishman
Sunday 7th of February 2016 09:12:55 AM
Nope, it was the Guard House

Slappyhead
Tuesday 24th of October 2017 09:33:05 PM
Underground cordite magazine and shell store for No4 gun

Kentishman
Sunday 7th of February 2016 09:11:08 AM
Two surface built, reinforced concrete, stores. One was the shell store, the other the cordite magazine for number 2 & 3 guns, however, I haven't been able to find which was which.

Kentishman
Sunday 7th of February 2016 09:07:26 AM
Gun pit for No4 gun of the South Foreland Battery, but the gun has been removed. Gun specification same as No1 gun.

Kentishman
Sunday 7th of February 2016 08:54:09 AM
Number 3 gun, South Foreland Battery. Same specification as No1 gun.

Kentishman
Sunday 7th of February 2016 08:50:36 AM
Number 2 gun, South Foreland Battery. Same specification as No1 gun.

Kentishman
Sunday 7th of February 2016 08:48:04 AM
Regimental Headquarters, 540 Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery.

Kentishman
Sunday 7th of February 2016 08:42:50 AM
WWII Chain Home Extra Low Radar Station.

cptpies
Thursday 9th of January 2014 09:27:10 AM
WWII Coast Artillery Battery.

cptpies
Thursday 9th of January 2014 09:26:04 AM

User Comment Contributions

WWII Coast Artillery Battery. South Foreland.

cptpies
Thursday 9th of January 2014 09:26:30 AM
South Foreland Battery.

cptpies
Thursday 19th of December 2013 02:28:58 PM