Bere Alston HAA Battery, Nr. Plymouth - May '09

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Badoosh

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After a productive day researching & locating more underground stuff around the Plymouth area, myself & theterrorwheel decided to take in this site which has been on the list for a while. It was a little difficult to get good pics due to the place being so overgrown, wind blowing us all over the place & threatening to bring down what is already dodgy roofs, oh & sinking ankle deep in that lovely cow product :mrgreen:

The battery is now used as farm & animal stores, but was built around 1942 to protect the northern approach for incoming bombers making their way to attack Plymouth, & is located between the rivers of the Tamar & Tavy, used as landmarks by the attacking aircraft.
It was armed with four 3.7" or 4.5" gun emplacements in an arc facing the north, with a command post to the rear, sentry post protecting the original entrance to the west & Nissen huts in an adjoining field to the north east providing accomodation & magazine.


On with the pics....starting with the sentry post, thoroughly camouflaged as mother nature takes hold

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Exterior & interior shots from the gun emplacements
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Each emplacement had it's own shelter attached at the side or the rear
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Images from the command post
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Finally, some shots from the Nissen huts
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Unfortunately TTW left his cameraback-up batteries at home due to a KFC moment, but i think he got some ok pics before his batts died. :p
 
Blimey, some seriously good research there, Badoosh. They could have used the farmer during the war, as he's done some amazing camouflage on the site! :lol: You really wouldn't know it was there! :mrgreen:
Nice one. :)
 
nice place mate, went there around xmas time and looks as muddy as it was then !!!!!!
 
yer when we went it stunk too !! We didnt venture i nto a couple of the gun implacements/barns due to the amount of (security) Cows there :lol: Good effort
 
yer had a butchers around here a while back was hoping the command post had a few items inside but nowt left,

we had good fun greenlaning that day i recall:)
 
yer we did -- and pulled/rescued one of members on here up a hill close by :mrgreen:
 
It's a shame it's got in that state, although i was more annoyed when we realised the old ROC Post further down from here had gone! We found a couple of interesting adits in the area which need further visits, the hills take it out of you but it's worth it for the views overlooking Tamar Valley. :)
 
Great report. If you didn't know it was there you would never find it, a mix of mother nature and the farmer have seen to that. Nice work Badoosh
 

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