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Bee Ness Jetty
Berry Wiggins & Co Oil Refinery was formed in 1922 and by 1924 had a plant on the Isle of Grain. By 1929 the company had expanded with...

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Oct 14, 20201 min read
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Stop Line Type 24 Pillbox
This pillbox was constructed in 1940 on a North West facing slope as part of a defensive stop line, it may have also been used in the...

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Oct 7, 20201 min read
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Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery TS15
This Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery was established by February 1940, it formed part of a chain of Anti Aircraft Batteries with the...

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Sep 23, 20201 min read
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Anti Aircraft Operations Bunker
This Bunker was designed as an Anti Aircraft Operations Room with its purpose being to use information collected from early warning radar...

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Sep 9, 20201 min read
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Troop Transport Shaft
The shaft consists of 4 spiral staircases with a total of 214 steps and 5 galleries. It was built to provide access from the castle on...

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Sep 2, 20201 min read
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School Air Raid Tunnel
This tunnel was originally excavated as a small air raid shelter for a local school around 1940. A total of 56 people could shelter...

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Aug 26, 20201 min read
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Bonded Store Caves
These caves were possibly constructed by Napoleonic prisoners of war. It is possible the caves were constructed with the purpose of chalk...

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Aug 12, 20201 min read
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Casemates and Sallyport
These casemates were completed by December 1808 being the first completed casemates of a larger fortification. There are two casemated...

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Aug 5, 20201 min read
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Casemates
These casemates were possibly built around 1853 as flanking casemates to provide a field of fire along a larger fortifications lines....

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Jul 22, 20201 min read
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Dispersal Camp 4 Air Raid Shelter
Built between 1940-1941 as part of a dispersal camp for personnel of the nearby RAF Airfield. It would have provided protection from...

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Jul 1, 20201 min read
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RGHQ
The Bunker was constructed in 1953 as part of the RAF ROTOR air defence programme becoming an R4 Sector Operations Centre for the...

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Jun 3, 20201 min read
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Type 303/41 Mushroom Pillbox
This pillbox is one of the rarer types made. It’s primary role would’ve been the defence of airfields around Eastern Britain....

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May 27, 20201 min read
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Dispersal Depot Air Raid Shelter
This air raid shelter was constructed in World War Two utilising the cut and cover design for the protection of the workers at a nearby...

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May 6, 20201 min read
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Type 24 Pillbox
This pillbox was constructed during World War Two as part of anti invasion defences known as a stop line. It is in fairly decent...

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Apr 8, 20201 min read
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Destroyed Type 28A Pillbox
This anti tank pillbox was constructed in World War Two as part of anti invasion defences known as a stop line and possibly to defend the...

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Apr 1, 20201 min read
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HMS Belfast
HMS Belfast is a town class light cruiser. She was ordered on 21st September 1936 and was laid down 10th December 1936 at Harland and...

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Feb 19, 20202 min read
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WWI Sentry Post
Built possibly around 1914 this Sentry Post is a one or two-man concrete shelter approximately 2.5m high and polygonal (11-sided) with a...

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Feb 12, 20201 min read
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The Wreck of the Hans Egede
The Hans Egede was constructed in 1922 by J. TH. Jorgensen at Thuro, Denmark. She was a wooden auxiliary three masted schooner. On 21st...

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Feb 5, 20201 min read
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The Wilderness
This tunnel system was excavated almost 100ft below ground by the 172 Tunnelling Company Royal Engineers between 1940-1941 in response to...

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Jan 30, 20201 min read
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Forgotten Air Raid Shelter
This shelter was used during World War Two as protection from bombing raids. It has blast walls, cubicles for chemical toilets, benches...

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Jan 15, 20201 min read
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