It is amazing, the top half would turn 360 degrees, the workings are still inside, I have more photos if you want to see them.
Must have been very cosy with two people inside. Bloody cold in the winter.
It is amazing, the top half would turn 360 degrees, the workings are still inside, I have more photos if you want to see them.
Must have been very cosy with two people inside. Bloody cold in the winter.
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Heres a couple of more photos of the turret.
Rear entrance.
Internal mechanism.
Stands alone, people pass it every day and have no idea what it is!
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boxfrenzy (03-12-2010)
That turrett at Cley got a brief mention in my YouTube video of "Fortifications"
Crikey! sorry about the size of my photographs, have not posted for a while!
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couple or so from me ...from a trip up to Northumberland near to Bamburgh
Just converted >this< from VHS tonight.
Cheers
Dover Quad near the Citadel, at Dover's Western Heights.
And from the other side.
Wicked! what a view. Is that a door way on the lower left internally?
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A couple of finds from a recent explore. These are in Park Wood near Wells.
DOB site reference: S0003063 Grid reference ST 554 449
Badger workings reveal brick, corrugated iron, steel sheet, stone, and wire mesh. Possible Auxiliary Unit operational base.
This is the escape tunnel and unfortunately all that can be seen of the OB.
The 'Harry Potter' pillbox
DOB site reference: S0003064, Grid reference: ST 557 450
Type 24 pillbox, with brick shuttering falling away. Embrasures had number painted in white overhead.
Defence grouping : GHQ Line: Green - Stop Line - Burnham on Sea to near Melksham (where it joins with the GHQ Line: Blue) and then north to the River Severn at Newnham. This line is also known as the Bristol Outer Line. Manned by VIII Corps.
Wells defended locality - Defences of Wells defended locality. Cassini ref. T9866. [Source: Western Area Defence Scheme, 1941 - PRO WO 166/1251].
Snort,fart, burble, dribble, belch