First World War Gun Battery

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The two mounds carried 4.7″ Hotchkiss QF guns during WW1.

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The mound closest to the river was re-used during WW2 when it held a BL 6″ Mk7.

An extensive battery covered the whole site, with much underground, but very little remains visible on the surface now.

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