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this place has been a bit of a labour of love for me with five visits over a year at various times of the day,with three times under the tunnels.the latest one was with red mole and the last one with norfolk explorer
With the outset of World War Two and a major threat of invasion.the coast was quickly fortified to slow an invasion down.the east coast was seen along with the south,a major invasion point.the village of happisburgh had its fair share of defences.a radar station located as you drive in,this was further located near the cliffs.all that remains now is one building,and that's incorporated into farm building and filled with junk.so did not bother with the long trek to it.the light house has several pillboxes near it.and the gun emplacements have two pillboxes near it.the beach would have been mined and barbed wire along the top of the cliff.how long all this will remain here i dont know,as happisburgh as one of the worst costal erosion problems in the country
The original radar station building as you enter the village and this had protection from a pillbox
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This unusual shaped pillboxe is situated near the church and is well hidden.a lot of people miss this one,due to its sunken nature and overgrowth.
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The two pillboxes up by the lighthouse.
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The pillbox on the beach due to coastal erosion.
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Heading up the track to the gun emplacements is a type 27 nestled on the end of a row of cottages
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Situated just behind the gun emplacements is another pillbox..unusually the door is facing away to the sea,with the gun apertures facing inland
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The concrete foundation of a spigot mortar base situated next to one gun emplacement.there is another one dug out on the other side too.
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The gun emplacements shelters..basic brick buildings with a flat sloping roof supported by a metal girder.one shelter has the main entrance in,but you can only get in a couple of rooms due to collapse.the other shelter has a emergency exit near it.you can still see we're the guns sat in the emplacement.
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Inside the tunnels is pitch black.the original bunk frames were the men serving there are still in place,there a re unique curved tunnels as well in here.
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With the outset of World War Two and a major threat of invasion.the coast was quickly fortified to slow an invasion down.the east coast was seen along with the south,a major invasion point.the village of happisburgh had its fair share of defences.a radar station located as you drive in,this was further located near the cliffs.all that remains now is one building,and that's incorporated into farm building and filled with junk.so did not bother with the long trek to it.the light house has several pillboxes near it.and the gun emplacements have two pillboxes near it.the beach would have been mined and barbed wire along the top of the cliff.how long all this will remain here i dont know,as happisburgh as one of the worst costal erosion problems in the country
The original radar station building as you enter the village and this had protection from a pillbox
![imagejpg2_zps2acc3d4a.jpg imagejpg2_zps2acc3d4a.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/172/172942-imagejpg2-zps2acc3d4a.jpg)
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This unusual shaped pillboxe is situated near the church and is well hidden.a lot of people miss this one,due to its sunken nature and overgrowth.
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The two pillboxes up by the lighthouse.
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The pillbox on the beach due to coastal erosion.
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Heading up the track to the gun emplacements is a type 27 nestled on the end of a row of cottages
![imagejpg5_zpscec78f59.jpg imagejpg5_zpscec78f59.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/172/172952-imagejpg5-zpscec78f59.jpg)
Situated just behind the gun emplacements is another pillbox..unusually the door is facing away to the sea,with the gun apertures facing inland
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The concrete foundation of a spigot mortar base situated next to one gun emplacement.there is another one dug out on the other side too.
![imagejpg3_zpsc317a318.jpg imagejpg3_zpsc317a318.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/172/172954-imagejpg3-zpsc317a318.jpg)
The gun emplacements shelters..basic brick buildings with a flat sloping roof supported by a metal girder.one shelter has the main entrance in,but you can only get in a couple of rooms due to collapse.the other shelter has a emergency exit near it.you can still see we're the guns sat in the emplacement.
![imagejpg2_zpsa66dba57.jpg imagejpg2_zpsa66dba57.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/172/172955-imagejpg2-zpsa66dba57.jpg)
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Inside the tunnels is pitch black.the original bunk frames were the men serving there are still in place,there a re unique curved tunnels as well in here.
![imagejpg6_zps02fc9aec.jpg imagejpg6_zps02fc9aec.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/derelictplaces/data/attach/172/172960-imagejpg6-zps02fc9aec.jpg)
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