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Had a look at this place with Sausage. It was built in World War One and is also known as Fort Coulson. It was a coastal defence station, and a few hundred yards away are the searchlight buildings which shone horizontal light onto sea. Unfortunately we didn't have time to take pictures of those
It incorporates two gun emplacements, a magazine with 3 seperate chambers which were for storing the propellant, the fuse and the actual shell, and it also had a blast chamber. There is a rangefinding tower that utilized a Barr & Stroud prism rangefinder and various shelters and workshops.
Here are a few pictures:
This is the magazine. The smaller holes near the top were for pressure relief in case of a blast.
Some shots of the twin gun emplacements
On top of the gun emplacement
The roof was only added during the second world war, when this complex was re-commisioned
Sausage inside one of the day shelters.
Rangefinder tower. This used a Barr & Stroud twin prism device to calculate distances to enemy ships.
Thanks to Sausage for this one.
It incorporates two gun emplacements, a magazine with 3 seperate chambers which were for storing the propellant, the fuse and the actual shell, and it also had a blast chamber. There is a rangefinding tower that utilized a Barr & Stroud prism rangefinder and various shelters and workshops.
Here are a few pictures:
This is the magazine. The smaller holes near the top were for pressure relief in case of a blast.
Some shots of the twin gun emplacements
On top of the gun emplacement
The roof was only added during the second world war, when this complex was re-commisioned
Sausage inside one of the day shelters.
Rangefinder tower. This used a Barr & Stroud twin prism device to calculate distances to enemy ships.
Thanks to Sausage for this one.