Beacon hill fort..harwich

i have not seen any recent reports from this place.its somewhere I have wanted to see for so long now.if your a World War Two buff like me then this place has it all.gun emplacements,two watch towers,several unusual pillboxes,spigot mortar bases,and tunnels and various buildings,the whole site is fairly overgrown and quite heavily trashed..beacon hill originally started as a defensive fort in 1810 as protection to harwich port.but as the Second World War broke out and a threat of invasion.the place was heavily fortififiedc,along with another one over the water at nearby Felixstowe.a serious threat of invasion was seen as being here.i really liked the underground ammomdumps,several had been put in the original tunnels from the napoleonic wars..I would like to revisit in winter when all the overgrowth has died down.

Wow! That's an extensive and fab report. My kinda place.

Loving that, thank you Mikeymutt.

Great stuff. never knew there was anything round that area.

Cracking photos of a wonderful site! Nice one mate.
Thanks for sharing

Enjoyed that a lot and a nice day as well,any idea why the overhead protection has been trashed on the gun sites,must have been alot of hard work to knock them down.

Great report! Very thorough, with cracking shots! This place has been on my list for years too, just waiting for enough of an excuse to trek up there

like that. looks like you had a cracking time

Wow this is a big site!Great photos and report,thanks for sharing.

That's a goodun, Thanks Micky

Great pics! What a beautiful view. I wish I had that from my bedroom window

Really enjoyed this, looks like it was a really interesting explore. Cheers for sharing

Top stuff - that's going on my visit list