Brixham coastal battery was an emergency battery built during the Second World War as part of Southern Command's coastal defences. It was established by July 1940 and mounted two 4.7-inch naval guns. It was manned by 378 Battery of 556 Coast Regiment until it was handed over to the Home Guard by late 1943. The guns were reduced to care and maintenance in 1944. The battery site occupied 14 acres and included gun emplacements and magazines, coast artillery searchlights, battery observation post, anti-aircraft gun site, and ancillary buildings. The battery observation post, two coast artillery searchlights and two ancillary buildings survive in good condition
Nice Site Visted with scrub2000
Overview of Site
1 = Battery Observation Post
View inside post
View from post
2 = Anti Aiircraft Defenses - sadly nothing of these was left
3 = Naval Guns
Rear exit
4 = Search Lights
5 = Pillabox ? Scrub has better pic than me
6 = Cookhouse
7 = Generator house No 2
Enjoy
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